diff --git a/userland/examples/Makefile.in b/userland/examples/Makefile.in
index 39d84490f..2d650c7ad 100644
--- a/userland/examples/Makefile.in
+++ b/userland/examples/Makefile.in
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ LIBS       = ${LIBPCAP} ${LIBPFRING} ${LIBPCAP} ${LIBPFRING} `../lib/pfring_conf
 # Main targets
 #
 PFPROGS   = pfcount pfcount_multichannel pfsend_multichannel preflect \
-	    pfbridge alldevs pcap2nspcap \
+	    pfflow_offload pfbridge alldevs pcap2nspcap \
 	    pfcount_82599 pfsystest pfsend pflatency pftimeline
 
 PCAPPROGS = pcount pfwrite
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ ptwin: ptwin.o ${LIBPFRING}
 pfbridge: pfbridge.o ${LIBPFRING}
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} pfbridge.o ${LIBS} -o $@
 
+pfflow_offload: pfflow_offload.o ${LIBPFRING}
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} pfflow_offload.o ${LIBS} -o $@
+
 pcount: pcount.o ${LIBPFRING}
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} pcount.o ${LIBS} -o $@
 
diff --git a/userland/examples/pfflow_offload.c b/userland/examples/pfflow_offload.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..201e59453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/userland/examples/pfflow_offload.c
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+/*
+ * (C) 2024 - ntop
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <netinet/in_systm.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <netinet/ip.h>
+#include <netinet/ip6.h>
+#include <net/ethernet.h>     /* the L2 protocols */
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <monetary.h>
+#include <locale.h>
+
+#include "pfring.h"
+
+#include "pfutils.c"
+
+#define DEFAULT_DEVICE   "nt:0"
+#define NO_ZC_BUFFER_LEN 9018
+
+pfring *pd = NULL;
+u_int8_t do_shutdown = 0, wait_for_packet = 1, quiet = 0, verbose = 0;
+
+/* ************************************ */
+
+void sigproc(int sig) {
+  static int called = 0;
+
+  fprintf(stderr, "Leaving...\n");
+  if (called) return; else called = 1;
+
+  do_shutdown = 1;
+
+  pfring_breakloop(pd);
+}
+
+/* ******************************** */
+
+void processFlow(pfring_flow_update *flow){
+  if (!quiet) {
+    printf("Flow Update ID = %lu\n", flow->flow_id);
+  }
+}
+
+/* ******************************** */
+
+void processPacket(const struct pfring_pkthdr *h,
+		   const u_char *p, const u_char *user_bytes) {
+  char buffer[256];
+
+  if (h->extended_hdr.flags & PKT_FLAGS_FLOW_HIT) {
+    //TODO
+  } else if (h->extended_hdr.flags & PKT_FLAGS_FLOW_MISS) {
+    //TODO
+  } else if (h->extended_hdr.flags & PKT_FLAGS_FLOW_UNHANDLED) {
+    //TODO
+  }
+
+  if (!quiet) {
+    buffer[0] = '\0';
+    pfring_print_pkt(buffer, sizeof(buffer), p, h->len, h->len);
+  }
+
+#if 0
+  /* TODO Discard all future packets for this flow */
+  hw_filtering_rule r;
+  r.rule_family_type = generic_flow_id_rule;
+  r.rule_family.flow_id_rule.action = flow_drop_rule;
+  r.rule_family.flow_id_rule.thread = 0;
+  r.rule_family.flow_id_rule.flow_id = flow_id;
+  pfring_add_hw_rule(pd, &r);
+#endif
+}
+
+/* *************************************** */
+
+void packet_consumer() {
+  u_char buffer[NO_ZC_BUFFER_LEN];
+  u_char *buffer_p = buffer;
+  struct pfring_pkthdr hdr;
+  pfring_flow_update flow;
+
+  memset(&hdr, 0, sizeof(hdr));
+  memset(&flow, 0, sizeof(flow));
+
+  while(!do_shutdown) {
+
+    while (!do_shutdown && pfring_recv_flow(pd, &flow, 0) > 0) {
+      /* Process flow */
+      processFlow(&flow);
+    }
+
+    if (pfring_recv(pd, &buffer_p, NO_ZC_BUFFER_LEN, &hdr, 0) > 0) {
+      /* Process packet */
+      processPacket(&hdr, buffer, NULL);
+    } else {
+      if (do_shutdown)
+        break;
+
+      sched_yield();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/* *************************************** */
+
+void printHelp(void) {
+  printf("pfflow_offload - (C) 2024 ntop\n");
+  printf("Flow processing based on hardware offload (Napatech Flow Manager)\n\n");
+  printf("-h              Print this help\n");
+  printf("-i <device>     Device name. Use:\n");
+  printf("-r              Disable raw packets (flow updates only)\n");
+}
+
+/* *************************************** */
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+  char *device = NULL, c;
+  int promisc, snaplen = 1518, rc;
+  u_int32_t flags = 0;
+  int bind_core = -1;
+  packet_direction direction = rx_only_direction;
+
+  flags |= PF_RING_FLOW_OFFLOAD;
+
+  while ((c = getopt(argc,argv,"ag:hi:")) != '?') {
+    if ((c == 255) || (c == -1)) break;
+
+    switch(c) {
+    case 'a':
+      wait_for_packet = 0;
+      break;
+    case 'g':
+      bind_core = atoi(optarg);
+      break;
+    case 'h':
+      printHelp();
+      exit(0);
+      break;
+    case 'i':
+      device = strdup(optarg);
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (device == NULL) device = DEFAULT_DEVICE;
+  bind2node(bind_core);
+
+  promisc = 1;
+
+  if (promisc) flags |= PF_RING_PROMISC;
+
+  pd = pfring_open(device, snaplen, flags);
+
+  if (pd == NULL) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "pfring_open error [%s] (pf_ring not loaded or interface %s is down ?)\n",
+      strerror(errno), device);
+    return (-1);
+  } else {
+    u_int32_t version;
+
+    pfring_set_application_name(pd, "pfflow");
+    pfring_version(pd, &version);
+
+    if (!quiet) {
+      printf("Using PF_RING v.%d.%d.%d\n",
+       (version & 0xFFFF0000) >> 16,
+       (version & 0x0000FF00) >> 8,
+       version & 0x000000FF); 
+    }
+  }
+
+  pfring_set_direction(pd, direction);
+
+  if ((rc = pfring_set_socket_mode(pd, recv_only_mode)) != 0)
+    fprintf(stderr, "pfring_set_socket_mode returned [rc=%d]\n", rc);
+
+  signal(SIGINT, sigproc);
+  signal(SIGTERM, sigproc);
+
+ if (pfring_enable_ring(pd) != 0) {
+    printf("Unable to enable ring :-(\n");
+    pfring_close(pd);
+    return (-1);
+  }
+
+  if (bind_core >= 0)
+    bind2core(bind_core);
+
+  //pfring_loop(pd, processPacket, (u_char*)NULL, wait_for_packet);
+  packet_consumer();
+
+  sleep(1);
+
+  pfring_close(pd);
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/userland/lib/pfring.c b/userland/lib/pfring.c
index 7239ce78b..0f7dfaf64 100644
--- a/userland/lib/pfring.c
+++ b/userland/lib/pfring.c
@@ -659,6 +659,28 @@ int pfring_recv_parsed(pfring *ring, u_char** buffer, u_int buffer_len,
 
 /* **************************************************** */
 
+int pfring_recv_flow(pfring *ring, pfring_flow_update *flow, u_int8_t wait_for_flows) {
+  if (likely(ring
+	     && ring->enabled
+	     && ring->recv_flow
+	     && ring->mode != send_only_mode)) {
+
+    if (unlikely(ring->reentrant))
+      return PF_RING_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
+
+    ring->break_recv_loop = 0;
+
+    return ring->recv_flow(ring, flow, wait_for_flows);
+  }
+
+  if (!ring->enabled)
+    return PF_RING_ERROR_RING_NOT_ENABLED;
+
+  return PF_RING_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+}
+
+/* **************************************************** */
+
 int pfring_get_metadata(pfring *ring, u_char **metadata, u_int32_t *metadata_len) {
   if(ring && ring->get_metadata)
     return ring->get_metadata(ring, metadata, metadata_len);