diff --git a/src/apps/mellanox/connectx.lua b/src/apps/mellanox/connectx.lua
index 9e98292a24..bd0aeb5f86 100644
--- a/src/apps/mellanox/connectx.lua
+++ b/src/apps/mellanox/connectx.lua
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ local mlx_types = {
    ["0x1019" ] = 5, -- ConnectX5
    ["0x101d" ] = 6, -- ConnectX6
    ["0x1021" ] = 7, -- ConnectX7
+   ["0x1023" ] = 8, -- ConnectX8
 }
 
 ConnectX.config = {
diff --git a/src/lib/hardware/pci.lua b/src/lib/hardware/pci.lua
index bcd4b23e8f..3d387cc547 100644
--- a/src/lib/hardware/pci.lua
+++ b/src/lib/hardware/pci.lua
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ local cards = {
            ["0x1019" ] = {model = 'MT28800', driver = 'apps.mellanox.connectx'},
            ["0x101d" ] = {model = 'MT2892',  driver = 'apps.mellanox.connectx'},
            ["0x1021" ] = {model = 'MT2910',  driver = 'apps.mellanox.connectx'},
+           ["0x1023" ] = {model = 'CX8',     driver = 'apps.mellanox.connectx'},
 	},
 }