diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8539a03b6..eecdcda5e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ v2.17.0 - 17 Feb 2022
      * Add support for running threads on cores >= RTE_MAX_LCORE.
      * Add actions auto-validator function to compare different actions
        implementations against default implementation.
+     * Add command line option to switch between different actions
+       implementations available at run time.
    - Python:
      * For SSL support, the use of the pyOpenSSL library has been replaced
        with the native 'ssl' module.
diff --git a/lib/dpif-netdev-unixctl.man b/lib/dpif-netdev-unixctl.man
index 8cd847416..500daf4de 100644
--- a/lib/dpif-netdev-unixctl.man
+++ b/lib/dpif-netdev-unixctl.man
@@ -262,3 +262,9 @@ PMDs in the case where no value is specified.  By default "scalar" is used.
 \fIstudy_cnt\fR defaults to 128 and indicates the number of packets that the
 "study" miniflow implementation must parse before choosing an optimal
 implementation.
+
+.IP "\fBdpif-netdev/action-impl-get\fR
+Lists the actions implementations that are available.
+.
+.IP "\fBdpif-netdev/action-impl-set\fR \fIaction_impl\fR"
+Sets the action to be used to \fIaction_impl\fR. By default "scalar" is used.
diff --git a/lib/dpif-netdev.c b/lib/dpif-netdev.c
index f74f8b864..0a6437b0c 100644
--- a/lib/dpif-netdev.c
+++ b/lib/dpif-netdev.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 #include "netdev-vport.h"
 #include "netlink.h"
 #include "odp-execute.h"
+#include "odp-execute-private.h"
 #include "odp-util.h"
 #include "openvswitch/dynamic-string.h"
 #include "openvswitch/list.h"
@@ -1398,6 +1399,38 @@ error:
     ds_destroy(&reply);
 }
 
+static void
+action_impl_set(struct unixctl_conn *conn, int argc OVS_UNUSED,
+                const char *argv[] OVS_UNUSED, void *aux OVS_UNUSED)
+{
+    struct ds reply = DS_EMPTY_INITIALIZER;
+
+    int32_t err = odp_actions_impl_set(argv[1]);
+    if (err) {
+        ds_put_format(&reply, "action implementation %s not found.\n",
+                      argv[1]);
+        const char *reply_str = ds_cstr(&reply);
+        unixctl_command_reply_error(conn, reply_str);
+        VLOG_ERR("%s", reply_str);
+        ds_destroy(&reply);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ds_put_format(&reply, "action implementation set to %s.\n", argv[1]);
+    unixctl_command_reply(conn, ds_cstr(&reply));
+    ds_destroy(&reply);
+}
+
+static void
+action_impl_get(struct unixctl_conn *conn, int argc OVS_UNUSED,
+                const char *argv[] OVS_UNUSED, void *aux OVS_UNUSED)
+{
+    struct ds reply = DS_EMPTY_INITIALIZER;
+    odp_execute_action_get(&reply);
+    unixctl_command_reply(conn, ds_cstr(&reply));
+    ds_destroy(&reply);
+}
+
 static void
 dpif_netdev_pmd_rebalance(struct unixctl_conn *conn, int argc,
                           const char *argv[], void *aux OVS_UNUSED)
@@ -1635,6 +1668,12 @@ dpif_netdev_init(void)
     unixctl_command_register("dpif-netdev/miniflow-parser-get", "",
                              0, 0, dpif_miniflow_extract_impl_get,
                              NULL);
+    unixctl_command_register("dpif-netdev/action-impl-set", "name",
+                             1, 1, action_impl_set,
+                             NULL);
+    unixctl_command_register("dpif-netdev/action-impl-get", "",
+                             0, 0, action_impl_get,
+                             NULL);
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/odp-execute-private.c b/lib/odp-execute-private.c
index e85aed636..8f5f8723f 100644
--- a/lib/odp-execute-private.c
+++ b/lib/odp-execute-private.c
@@ -81,6 +81,20 @@ odp_execute_action_set(const char *name,
     return -1;
 }
 
+void
+odp_execute_action_get(struct ds *string)
+{
+    uint32_t i;
+
+    ds_put_cstr(string, "Available Actions implementations:\n");
+    for (i = 0; i < ACTION_IMPL_MAX; i++) {
+        ds_put_format(string, "  %s (available: %s, active: %s)\n",
+                      action_impls[i].name,
+                      action_impls[i].available ? "True" : "False",
+                      i == active_action_impl_index ? "True" : "False");
+    }
+}
+
 void
 odp_execute_action_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/lib/odp-execute.h b/lib/odp-execute.h
index 6441392b9..4f4cdc4ac 100644
--- a/lib/odp-execute.h
+++ b/lib/odp-execute.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include "openvswitch/types.h"
 
+struct ds;
 struct nlattr;
 struct dp_packet;
 struct pkt_metadata;
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ struct dp_packet_batch;
 /* Called once at initialization time. */
 void odp_execute_init(void);
 
+/* Runtime update get/set functionality. */
+int32_t odp_actions_impl_get(struct ds *name);
 int32_t odp_actions_impl_set(const char *name);
 
 typedef void (*odp_execute_cb)(void *dp, struct dp_packet_batch *batch,
diff --git a/tests/pmd.at b/tests/pmd.at
index 0a451f33c..65b4376e4 100644
--- a/tests/pmd.at
+++ b/tests/pmd.at
@@ -1200,3 +1200,24 @@ ovs-appctl: ovs-vswitchd: server returned an error
 
 OVS_VSWITCHD_STOP
 AT_CLEANUP
+
+AT_SETUP([PMD - ovs-actions configuration])
+OVS_VSWITCHD_START([], [], [], [--dummy-numa 0,0])
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl add-port br0 p1 -- set Interface p1 type=dummy-pmd])
+
+dnl Set the scalar first, so we always have the scalar impl as Active.
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/action-impl-set scalar], [0], [dnl
+action implementation set to scalar.
+])
+
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl show], [], [stdout])
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/action-impl-get | grep "scalar"], [], [dnl
+  scalar (available: True, active: True)
+])
+
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/action-impl-get | grep "autovalidator"], [], [dnl
+  autovalidator (available: True, active: False)
+])
+
+OVS_VSWITCHD_STOP
+AT_CLEANUP
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