diff --git a/samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c b/samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c
index da84c760c094..7312eab4d201 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/xdpsock_user.c
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ static int opt_queue;
 static int opt_poll;
 static int opt_interval = 1;
 static u32 opt_xdp_bind_flags = XDP_USE_NEED_WAKEUP;
+static u32 opt_umem_flags;
+static int opt_unaligned_chunks;
+static u32 opt_xdp_bind_flags;
 static int opt_xsk_frame_size = XSK_UMEM__DEFAULT_FRAME_SIZE;
 static int opt_timeout = 1000;
 static bool opt_need_wakeup = true;
@@ -284,7 +287,9 @@ static struct xsk_umem_info *xsk_configure_umem(void *buffer, u64 size)
 		.comp_size = XSK_RING_CONS__DEFAULT_NUM_DESCS,
 		.frame_size = opt_xsk_frame_size,
 		.frame_headroom = XSK_UMEM__DEFAULT_FRAME_HEADROOM,
+		.flags = opt_umem_flags
 	};
+
 	int ret;
 
 	umem = calloc(1, sizeof(*umem));
@@ -293,6 +298,7 @@ static struct xsk_umem_info *xsk_configure_umem(void *buffer, u64 size)
 
 	ret = xsk_umem__create(&umem->umem, buffer, size, &umem->fq, &umem->cq,
 			       &cfg);
+
 	if (ret)
 		exit_with_error(-ret);
 
@@ -355,6 +361,7 @@ static struct option long_options[] = {
 	{"copy", no_argument, 0, 'c'},
 	{"frame-size", required_argument, 0, 'f'},
 	{"no-need-wakeup", no_argument, 0, 'm'},
+	{"unaligned", no_argument, 0, 'u'},
 	{0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
 
@@ -376,6 +383,8 @@ static void usage(const char *prog)
 		"  -c, --copy           Force copy mode.\n"
 		"  -f, --frame-size=n   Set the frame size (must be a power of two, default is %d).\n"
 		"  -m, --no-need-wakeup Turn off use of driver need wakeup flag.\n"
+		"  -f, --frame-size=n   Set the frame size (must be a power of two in aligned mode, default is %d).\n"
+		"  -u, --unaligned	Enable unaligned chunk placement\n"
 		"\n";
 	fprintf(stderr, str, prog, XSK_UMEM__DEFAULT_FRAME_SIZE);
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -388,8 +397,7 @@ static void parse_command_line(int argc, char **argv)
 	opterr = 0;
 
 	for (;;) {
-
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "Frtli:q:psSNn:czf:m",
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "Frtli:q:psSNn:czf:mu",
 				long_options, &option_index);
 		if (c == -1)
 			break;
@@ -429,6 +437,10 @@ static void parse_command_line(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 'c':
 			opt_xdp_bind_flags |= XDP_COPY;
 			break;
+		case 'u':
+			opt_umem_flags |= XDP_UMEM_UNALIGNED_CHUNK_FLAG;
+			opt_unaligned_chunks = 1;
+			break;
 		case 'F':
 			opt_xdp_flags &= ~XDP_FLAGS_UPDATE_IF_NOEXIST;
 			break;
@@ -438,6 +450,7 @@ static void parse_command_line(int argc, char **argv)
 			opt_need_wakeup = false;
 			opt_xdp_bind_flags &= ~XDP_USE_NEED_WAKEUP;
 			break;
+
 		default:
 			usage(basename(argv[0]));
 		}
@@ -450,7 +463,8 @@ static void parse_command_line(int argc, char **argv)
 		usage(basename(argv[0]));
 	}
 
-	if (opt_xsk_frame_size & (opt_xsk_frame_size - 1)) {
+	if ((opt_xsk_frame_size & (opt_xsk_frame_size - 1)) &&
+	    !opt_unaligned_chunks) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "--frame-size=%d is not a power of two\n",
 			opt_xsk_frame_size);
 		usage(basename(argv[0]));