diff --git a/providers/efa/efadv.h b/providers/efa/efadv.h
index 5e1f50396..16c769571 100644
--- a/providers/efa/efadv.h
+++ b/providers/efa/efadv.h
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ struct efadv_qp_init_attr {
 	uint64_t comp_mask;
 	uint32_t driver_qp_type;
 	uint16_t flags;
-	uint8_t reserved[2];
+	uint8_t sl;
+	uint8_t reserved[1];
 };
 
 struct ibv_qp *efadv_create_qp_ex(struct ibv_context *ibvctx,
diff --git a/providers/efa/man/efadv_create_qp_ex.3.md b/providers/efa/man/efadv_create_qp_ex.3.md
index d4066dc61..aaeedfdee 100644
--- a/providers/efa/man/efadv_create_qp_ex.3.md
+++ b/providers/efa/man/efadv_create_qp_ex.3.md
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ struct efadv_qp_init_attr {
 	uint64_t comp_mask;
 	uint32_t driver_qp_type;
 	uint16_t flags;
-	uint8_t reserved[2];
+	uint8_t sl;
+	uint8_t reserved[1];
 };
 ```
 
@@ -67,6 +68,9 @@ struct efadv_qp_init_attr {
 	EFADV_QP_FLAGS_UNSOLICITED_WRITE_RECV:
 		Receive WRs will not be consumed for RDMA write with imm.
 
+*sl*
+:	Service Level - 0 value implies default level.
+
 # RETURN VALUE
 
 efadv_create_qp_ex() returns a pointer to the created QP, or NULL if the request fails.
diff --git a/providers/efa/verbs.c b/providers/efa/verbs.c
index 0488f6b01..106f72444 100644
--- a/providers/efa/verbs.c
+++ b/providers/efa/verbs.c
@@ -1501,6 +1501,8 @@ static struct ibv_qp *create_qp(struct ibv_context *ibvctx,
 	if (efa_attr->flags & EFADV_QP_FLAGS_UNSOLICITED_WRITE_RECV)
 		req.flags |= EFA_CREATE_QP_WITH_UNSOLICITED_WRITE_RECV;
 
+	req.sl = efa_attr->sl;
+
 	err = ibv_cmd_create_qp_ex(ibvctx, &qp->verbs_qp,
 				   attr, &req.ibv_cmd, sizeof(req),
 				   &resp.ibv_resp, sizeof(resp));
diff --git a/pyverbs/providers/efa/efadv.pyx b/pyverbs/providers/efa/efadv.pyx
index c7d8b1ad3..afccad31f 100644
--- a/pyverbs/providers/efa/efadv.pyx
+++ b/pyverbs/providers/efa/efadv.pyx
@@ -182,6 +182,14 @@ cdef class EfaQPInitAttr(PyverbsObject):
     def flags(self, val):
         self.qp_init_attr.flags = val
 
+    @property
+    def sl(self):
+        return self.qp_init_attr.sl
+
+    @sl.setter
+    def sl(self,val):
+        self.qp_init_attr.sl = val
+
 
 cdef class SRDQPEx(QPEx):
     """
diff --git a/pyverbs/providers/efa/libefa.pxd b/pyverbs/providers/efa/libefa.pxd
index 43879b574..265868ac0 100644
--- a/pyverbs/providers/efa/libefa.pxd
+++ b/pyverbs/providers/efa/libefa.pxd
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ cdef extern from 'infiniband/efadv.h':
         uint64_t comp_mask;
         uint32_t driver_qp_type;
         uint16_t flags;
-        uint8_t reserved[2];
+        uint8_t sl;
+        uint8_t reserved[1];
 
     cdef struct efadv_cq_init_attr:
         uint64_t comp_mask;