diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1ef1175d0..d02733936 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ Post-v2.17.0
        The old variant is kept for backward compatibility.
      * 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.
    - Linux datapath:
      * Add offloading meter tc police.
      * Add support for offloading the check_pkt_len action.
diff --git a/lib/automake.mk b/lib/automake.mk
index 23ba4fab0..5c3b05f6b 100644
--- a/lib/automake.mk
+++ b/lib/automake.mk
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ MAN_FRAGMENTS += \
 	lib/netdev-dpdk-unixctl.man \
 	lib/dpif-netdev-unixctl.man \
 	lib/dpif-netlink-unixctl.man \
+	lib/odp-execute-unixctl.man \
 	lib/ofp-version.man \
 	lib/ovs.tmac \
 	lib/ovs-replay.man \
diff --git a/lib/odp-execute-private.c b/lib/odp-execute-private.c
index 780d6d289..38be22ec9 100644
--- a/lib/odp-execute-private.c
+++ b/lib/odp-execute-private.c
@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ odp_execute_action_set(const char *name)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+void
+odp_execute_action_get_info(struct ds *string)
+{
+    ds_put_cstr(string, "Available Actions implementations:\n");
+    for (int 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 ? "Yes" : "No",
+                      i == active_action_impl_index ? "Yes" : "No");
+    }
+}
+
 void
 odp_execute_action_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/lib/odp-execute-private.h b/lib/odp-execute-private.h
index 074a8d67e..d6eebbf37 100644
--- a/lib/odp-execute-private.h
+++ b/lib/odp-execute-private.h
@@ -84,4 +84,6 @@ struct odp_execute_action_impl * odp_execute_action_set(const char *name);
 
 int action_autoval_init(struct odp_execute_action_impl *self);
 
+void odp_execute_action_get_info(struct ds *name);
+
 #endif /* ODP_EXTRACT_PRIVATE */
diff --git a/lib/odp-execute-unixctl.man b/lib/odp-execute-unixctl.man
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82d51e1d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/odp-execute-unixctl.man
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.SS "ODP-EXECUTE COMMANDS"
+These commands manage the "odp-execute" component.
+
+.IP "\fBodp-execute/action-impl-show\fR
+Lists the actions implementations that are available and highlights the
+currently enabled one.
+.
+.IP "\fBodp-execute/action-impl-set\fR \fIaction_impl\fR"
+Sets the action implementation to any available implementation. By default
+"scalar" is used.
diff --git a/lib/odp-execute.c b/lib/odp-execute.c
index 368876f27..d5be190e0 100644
--- a/lib/odp-execute.c
+++ b/lib/odp-execute.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "csum.h"
 #include "conntrack.h"
 #include "openvswitch/vlog.h"
+#include "unixctl.h"
 
 VLOG_DEFINE_THIS_MODULE(odp_execute);
 COVERAGE_DEFINE(datapath_drop_sample_error);
@@ -879,6 +880,48 @@ odp_actions_impl_set(const char *name)
 
 }
 
+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;
+
+    int err = odp_actions_impl_set(argv[1]);
+    if (err) {
+        ds_put_format(&reply,
+                      "Error: unknown action implementation, %s, specified!\n",
+                      argv[1]);
+        unixctl_command_reply_error(conn, ds_cstr(&reply));
+    } else {
+        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_show(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_info(&reply);
+    unixctl_command_reply(conn, ds_cstr(&reply));
+    ds_destroy(&reply);
+}
+
+static void
+odp_execute_unixctl_init(void)
+{
+    unixctl_command_register("odp-execute/action-impl-set", "name",
+                             1, 1, action_impl_set,
+                             NULL);
+    unixctl_command_register("odp-execute/action-impl-show", "",
+                             0, 0, action_impl_show,
+                             NULL);
+}
+
 void
 odp_execute_init(void)
 {
@@ -886,6 +929,7 @@ odp_execute_init(void)
     if (ovsthread_once_start(&once)) {
         odp_execute_action_init();
         odp_actions_impl_set("scalar");
+        odp_execute_unixctl_init();
         ovsthread_once_done(&once);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/pmd.at b/tests/pmd.at
index 4342c50e0..4ca926581 100644
--- a/tests/pmd.at
+++ b/tests/pmd.at
@@ -1192,3 +1192,42 @@ 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])
+
+AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl show], [], [stdout])
+
+dnl Set the scalar first, so we always have the scalar impl as Active.
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl odp-execute/action-impl-set scalar], [0], [dnl
+Action implementation set to scalar.
+])
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl odp-execute/action-impl-show | grep "scalar"], [], [dnl
+  scalar (available: Yes, active: Yes)
+])
+
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl odp-execute/action-impl-show | grep "autovalidator"], [], [dnl
+  autovalidator (available: Yes, active: No)
+])
+
+dnl Set the autovalidator impl to active.
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl odp-execute/action-impl-set autovalidator], [0], [dnl
+Action implementation set to autovalidator.
+])
+
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl odp-execute/action-impl-show | grep "scalar"], [], [dnl
+  scalar (available: Yes, active: No)
+])
+
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl odp-execute/action-impl-show | grep "autovalidator"], [], [dnl
+  autovalidator (available: Yes, active: Yes)
+])
+
+AT_CHECK([ovs-appctl odp-execute/action-impl-set invalid_implementation], [2], [], [dnl
+Error: unknown action implementation, invalid_implementation, specified!
+ovs-appctl: ovs-vswitchd: server returned an error
+])
+
+OVS_VSWITCHD_STOP(["/Failed setting action implementation to invalid_implementation/d"])
+AT_CLEANUP
diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in
index 1a32402be..9569265fc 100644
--- a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in
+++ b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ type).
 .so lib/dpif-netdev-unixctl.man
 .so lib/dpif-netlink-unixctl.man
 .so lib/netdev-dpdk-unixctl.man
+.so lib/odp-execute-unixctl.man
 .so ofproto/ofproto-dpif-unixctl.man
 .so ofproto/ofproto-unixctl.man
 .so lib/vlog-unixctl.man
