diff --git a/protocols/bmv2/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bmv2/api/runtime/Bmv2Device.java b/protocols/bmv2/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bmv2/api/runtime/Bmv2Device.java
index 446a514..e289615 100644
--- a/protocols/bmv2/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bmv2/api/runtime/Bmv2Device.java
+++ b/protocols/bmv2/src/main/java/org/onosproject/bmv2/api/runtime/Bmv2Device.java
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 package org.onosproject.bmv2.api.runtime;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Objects;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
@@ -25,6 +29,10 @@
  */
 public final class Bmv2Device {
 
+    public static final String SCHEME = "bmv2";
+    public static final String MANUFACTURER = "p4.org";
+    public static final String HW_VERSION = "bmv2";
+
     private final String thriftServerHost;
     private final int thriftServerPort;
     private final int internalDeviceId;
@@ -66,10 +74,24 @@
      *
      * @return an integer value
      */
-    public int getInternalDeviceId() {
+    public int internalDeviceId() {
         return internalDeviceId;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a new ONOS device ID for this device.
+     *
+     * @return a new device ID
+     */
+    public DeviceId asDeviceId() {
+        try {
+            // TODO: include internalDeviceId number in the deviceId URI
+            return DeviceId.deviceId(new URI(SCHEME, this.thriftServerHost + ":" + this.thriftServerPort, null));
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to build deviceID for device " + this.toString(), e);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
         return Objects.hashCode(thriftServerHost, thriftServerPort, internalDeviceId);
diff --git a/providers/bmv2/app/features.xml b/providers/bmv2/app/features.xml
index 8886c0c..f13d07c 100644
--- a/providers/bmv2/app/features.xml
+++ b/providers/bmv2/app/features.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <feature>onos-drivers-bmv2</feature>
         <bundle>mvn:${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}/${project.version}</bundle>
         <bundle>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-bmv2-provider-device/${project.version}</bundle>
+        <bundle>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-bmv2-provider-packet/${project.version}</bundle>
         <bundle>mvn:org.apache.thrift/libthrift/0.9.3</bundle>
         <bundle>mvn:${project.groupId}/onos-bmv2-protocol/${project.version}</bundle>
     </feature>
diff --git a/providers/bmv2/app/pom.xml b/providers/bmv2/app/pom.xml
index 2707409..e996b0c 100644
--- a/providers/bmv2/app/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/bmv2/app/pom.xml
@@ -36,13 +36,18 @@
         <onos.app.title>BMv2 Provider</onos.app.title>
         <onos.app.category>Provider</onos.app.category>
     </properties>
-    
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>onos-bmv2-provider-device</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-bmv2-provider-packet</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/providers/bmv2/device/pom.xml b/providers/bmv2/device/pom.xml
index 021d90f..80f42e1 100644
--- a/providers/bmv2/device/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/bmv2/device/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
             <artifactId>onos-core-common</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/providers/bmv2/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/bmv2/device/impl/Bmv2DeviceProvider.java b/providers/bmv2/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/bmv2/device/impl/Bmv2DeviceProvider.java
index 2d16ff2..d9ac3a4 100644
--- a/providers/bmv2/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/bmv2/device/impl/Bmv2DeviceProvider.java
+++ b/providers/bmv2/device/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/bmv2/device/impl/Bmv2DeviceProvider.java
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@
 import org.onosproject.net.provider.ProviderId;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
@@ -63,6 +61,9 @@
 import static org.onosproject.bmv2.ctl.Bmv2ThriftClient.ping;
 import static org.onosproject.net.config.basics.SubjectFactories.APP_SUBJECT_FACTORY;
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+import static org.onosproject.bmv2.api.runtime.Bmv2Device.SCHEME;
+import static org.onosproject.bmv2.api.runtime.Bmv2Device.MANUFACTURER;
+import static org.onosproject.bmv2.api.runtime.Bmv2Device.HW_VERSION;
 
 /**
  * BMv2 device provider.
@@ -72,9 +73,6 @@
 
     private static final Logger LOG = getLogger(Bmv2DeviceProvider.class);
 
-    public static final String MANUFACTURER = "p4.org";
-    public static final String HW_VERSION = "bmv2";
-    public static final String SCHEME = "bmv2";
     private static final String APP_NAME = "org.onosproject.bmv2";
     private static final String UNKNOWN = "unknown";
     private static final int POLL_INTERVAL = 5; // seconds
@@ -108,25 +106,6 @@
         super(new ProviderId("bmv2", "org.onosproject.provider.device"));
     }
 
-    private static DeviceId deviceIdOf(String ip, int port) {
-        try {
-            return DeviceId.deviceId(new URI(SCHEME, ip + ":" + port, null));
-        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to build deviceID for device " + ip + ":" + port, e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new device ID for the given BMv2 device.
-     *
-     * @param device a BMv2 device object
-     *
-     * @return a new device ID
-     */
-    public static DeviceId deviceIdOf(Bmv2Device device) {
-        return deviceIdOf(device.thriftServerHost(), device.thriftServerPort());
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected void activate() {
         appId = coreService.registerApplication(APP_NAME);
@@ -258,7 +237,9 @@
             if (cfg != null) {
                 try {
                     cfg.getDevicesInfo().stream().forEach(info -> {
-                        triggerProbe(deviceIdOf(info.ip().toString(), info.port()));
+                        // TODO: require also bmv2 internal device id from net-cfg (now is default 0)
+                        Bmv2Device bmv2Device = new Bmv2Device(info.ip().toString(), info.port(), 0);
+                        triggerProbe(bmv2Device.asDeviceId());
                     });
                 } catch (ConfigException e) {
                     LOG.error("Unable to read config: " + e);
@@ -283,7 +264,7 @@
         @Override
         public void handleHello(Bmv2Device device) {
             log.debug("Received hello from {}", device);
-            triggerProbe(deviceIdOf(device));
+            triggerProbe(device.asDeviceId());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/providers/bmv2/packet/pom.xml b/providers/bmv2/packet/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b98e30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/bmv2/packet/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>onos-bmv2-providers</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+        <version>1.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>onos-bmv2-provider-packet</artifactId>
+
+    <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+    <description>ONOS BMv2 packet provider</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-drivers-bmv2</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.onosproject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>onos-core-common</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/providers/bmv2/packet/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/bmv2/packet/impl/Bmv2PacketProvider.java b/providers/bmv2/packet/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/bmv2/packet/impl/Bmv2PacketProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edb6159
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/bmv2/packet/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/bmv2/packet/impl/Bmv2PacketProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.provider.bmv2.packet.impl;
+
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
+import org.onlab.packet.Ethernet;
+import org.onlab.util.ImmutableByteSequence;
+import org.onosproject.bmv2.api.runtime.Bmv2ControlPlaneServer;
+import org.onosproject.bmv2.api.runtime.Bmv2Device;
+import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
+import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
+import org.onosproject.net.Device;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.PortNumber;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceService;
+import org.onosproject.net.flow.DefaultTrafficTreatment;
+import org.onosproject.net.flow.TrafficTreatment;
+import org.onosproject.net.packet.DefaultInboundPacket;
+import org.onosproject.net.packet.DefaultOutboundPacket;
+import org.onosproject.net.packet.DefaultPacketContext;
+import org.onosproject.net.packet.InboundPacket;
+import org.onosproject.net.packet.OutboundPacket;
+import org.onosproject.net.packet.PacketContext;
+import org.onosproject.net.packet.PacketProgrammable;
+import org.onosproject.net.packet.PacketProvider;
+import org.onosproject.net.packet.PacketProviderRegistry;
+import org.onosproject.net.packet.PacketProviderService;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.AbstractProvider;
+import org.onosproject.net.provider.ProviderId;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of a packet provider for BMv2.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+public class Bmv2PacketProvider extends AbstractProvider implements PacketProvider {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Bmv2PacketProvider.class);
+    private static final String APP_NAME = "org.onosproject.bmv2";
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected Bmv2ControlPlaneServer controlPlaneServer;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected CoreService coreService;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected PacketProviderRegistry providerRegistry;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected DeviceService deviceService;
+
+    private PacketProviderService providerService;
+
+    private InternalPacketListener packetListener = new InternalPacketListener();
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new BMv2 packet provider.
+     */
+    public Bmv2PacketProvider() {
+        super(new ProviderId("bmv2", "org.onosproject.provider.packet"));
+    }
+
+    @Activate
+    protected void activate() {
+        providerService = providerRegistry.register(this);
+        coreService.registerApplication(APP_NAME);
+        controlPlaneServer.addPacketListener(packetListener);
+        LOG.info("Started");
+    }
+
+    @Deactivate
+    public void deactivate() {
+        controlPlaneServer.removePacketListener(packetListener);
+        providerRegistry.unregister(this);
+        providerService = null;
+        LOG.info("Stopped");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void emit(OutboundPacket packet) {
+        if (packet != null) {
+            DeviceId did = packet.sendThrough();
+            Device device = deviceService.getDevice(did);
+            if (device.is(PacketProgrammable.class)) {
+                PacketProgrammable packetProgrammable = device.as(PacketProgrammable.class);
+                packetProgrammable.emit(packet);
+            } else {
+                LOG.info("Unable to send packet, no PacketProgrammable behavior for device {}", did);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Internal packet context implementation.
+     */
+    private class Bmv2PacketContext extends DefaultPacketContext {
+
+        public Bmv2PacketContext(long time, InboundPacket inPkt, OutboundPacket outPkt, boolean block) {
+            super(time, inPkt, outPkt, block);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void send() {
+            if (!this.block()) {
+                if (this.outPacket().treatment() == null) {
+                    TrafficTreatment treatment = (this.treatmentBuilder() == null)
+                            ? DefaultTrafficTreatment.emptyTreatment()
+                            : this.treatmentBuilder().build();
+                    OutboundPacket newPkt = new DefaultOutboundPacket(this.outPacket().sendThrough(),
+                                                                      treatment,
+                                                                      this.outPacket().data());
+                    emit(newPkt);
+                } else {
+                    emit(outPacket());
+                }
+            } else {
+                LOG.info("Unable to send, packet context not blocked");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Internal packet listener to get packet events from the Bmv2ControlPlaneServer.
+     */
+    private class InternalPacketListener implements Bmv2ControlPlaneServer.PacketListener {
+        @Override
+        public void handlePacketIn(Bmv2Device device, int inputPort, long reason, int tableId, int contextId,
+                                   ImmutableByteSequence packet) {
+
+            Ethernet eth = new Ethernet();
+            eth.deserialize(packet.asArray(), 0, packet.size());
+
+            InboundPacket inPkt = new DefaultInboundPacket(new ConnectPoint(device.asDeviceId(),
+                                                                            PortNumber.portNumber(inputPort)),
+                                                           eth, ByteBuffer.wrap(packet.asArray()));
+            OutboundPacket outPkt = new DefaultOutboundPacket(device.asDeviceId(), null,
+                                                              ByteBuffer.wrap(packet.asArray()));
+            PacketContext pktCtx = new Bmv2PacketContext(System.currentTimeMillis(), inPkt, outPkt, false);
+            providerService.processPacket(pktCtx);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/providers/bmv2/packet/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/bmv2/packet/impl/package-info.java b/providers/bmv2/packet/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/bmv2/packet/impl/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d83ead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/bmv2/packet/src/main/java/org/onosproject/provider/bmv2/packet/impl/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Provider that use Thrift as a mean of listening for packet-ins and emitting packet-outs.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.provider.bmv2.packet.impl;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/providers/bmv2/pom.xml b/providers/bmv2/pom.xml
index 6b65179..8a3ad6f 100644
--- a/providers/bmv2/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/bmv2/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     <modules>
         <module>app</module>
         <module>device</module>
+        <module>packet</module>
     </modules>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file