diff --git a/lisa/microsoft/testsuites/dpdk/dpdktestpmd.py b/lisa/microsoft/testsuites/dpdk/dpdktestpmd.py
index 8febbbb443..0bf83f991a 100644
--- a/lisa/microsoft/testsuites/dpdk/dpdktestpmd.py
+++ b/lisa/microsoft/testsuites/dpdk/dpdktestpmd.py
@@ -411,10 +411,18 @@ def command(self) -> str:
 
     _tx_pps_key = "transmit-packets-per-second"
     _rx_pps_key = "receive-packets-per-second"
+    _tx_drop_key = "tx-packet-drops"
+    _rx_drop_key = "rx-packet-drops"
+    _tx_total_key = "tx-total-packets"
+    _rx_total_key = "rx-total-packets"
 
     _testpmd_output_regex = {
         _tx_pps_key: r"Tx-pps:\s+([0-9]+)",
         _rx_pps_key: r"Rx-pps:\s+([0-9]+)",
+        _tx_drop_key: r"TX-dropped:\s+([0-9]+)",
+        _rx_drop_key: r"RX-dropped:\s+([0-9]+)",
+        _tx_total_key: r"TX-packets:\s+([0-9]+)",
+        _rx_total_key: r"RX-packets:\s+([0-9]+)",
     }
     _source_build_dest_dir = "/usr/local/bin"
 
@@ -716,6 +724,18 @@ def populate_performance_data(self) -> None:
         self.tx_pps_data = self.get_data_from_testpmd_output(
             self._tx_pps_key, self._last_run_output
         )
+        self.tx_packet_drops = self.get_data_from_testpmd_output(
+            self._tx_drop_key, self._last_run_output
+        )[-1]
+        self.rx_packet_drops = self.get_data_from_testpmd_output(
+            self._rx_drop_key, self._last_run_output
+        )[-1]
+        self.tx_total_packets = self.get_data_from_testpmd_output(
+            self._tx_total_key, self._last_run_output
+        )[-1]
+        self.rx_total_packets = self.get_data_from_testpmd_output(
+            self._rx_total_key, self._last_run_output
+        )[-1]
 
     def get_mean_rx_pps(self) -> int:
         self._check_pps_data("RX")
@@ -741,6 +761,26 @@ def get_min_tx_pps(self) -> int:
         self._check_pps_data("TX")
         return min(self.tx_pps_data)
 
+    def check_tx_packet_drops(self) -> None:
+        if self.tx_total_packets == 0:
+            raise AssertionError(
+                "Test bug: tx packet data was 0, could not check dropped packets"
+            )
+        self.packet_drop_rate = self.tx_packet_drops / self.tx_total_packets
+        assert_that(self.packet_drop_rate).described_as(
+            "More than 33% of the tx packets were dropped!"
+        ).is_close_to(0, 0.33)
+
+    def check_rx_packet_drops(self) -> None:
+        if self.rx_total_packets == 0:
+            raise AssertionError(
+                "Test bug: rx packet data was 0 could not check dropped packets."
+            )
+        self.packet_drop_rate = self.rx_packet_drops / self.rx_total_packets
+        assert_that(self.packet_drop_rate).described_as(
+            "More than 1% of the received packets were dropped!"
+        ).is_close_to(0, 0.01)
+
     def get_mean_tx_pps_sriov_hotplug(self) -> Tuple[int, int, int]:
         return self._get_pps_sriov_hotplug(self._tx_pps_key)
 
diff --git a/lisa/microsoft/testsuites/dpdk/dpdkutil.py b/lisa/microsoft/testsuites/dpdk/dpdkutil.py
index 0265991739..0e7c9f307a 100644
--- a/lisa/microsoft/testsuites/dpdk/dpdkutil.py
+++ b/lisa/microsoft/testsuites/dpdk/dpdkutil.py
@@ -672,9 +672,31 @@ def verify_dpdk_send_receive(
         "Throughput for SEND was below the correct order of magnitude"
     ).is_greater_than(2**20)
 
+    # verify sender didn't drop most of the packets
+    sender.testpmd.check_tx_packet_drops()
+
+    # verify receiver didn't drop most of the packets
+    receiver.testpmd.check_rx_packet_drops()
+
+    # annotate the amount of dropped packets on the receiver
+    annotate_packet_drops(log, result, receiver)
+
     return sender, receiver
 
 
+def annotate_packet_drops(
+    log: Logger, result: Optional[TestResult], receiver: DpdkTestResources
+) -> None:
+    try:
+        if result and hasattr(receiver.testpmd, "packet_drop_rate"):
+            dropped_packets = receiver.testpmd.packet_drop_rate
+            fmt_drop_rate = f"{dropped_packets:.2f}"
+            result.information["rx_pkt_drop_rate"] = fmt_drop_rate
+            log.debug(f"Adding packet drop percentage: {fmt_drop_rate}")
+    except AssertionError as err:
+        receiver.node.log.debug(f"Could not add rx packet drop percentage: {str(err)}")
+
+
 def verify_dpdk_send_receive_multi_txrx_queue(
     environment: Environment,
     log: Logger,