diff --git a/dash-pipeline/SAI/sai_api_gen.py b/dash-pipeline/SAI/sai_api_gen.py
index 3b94645eb..20e5c4ec7 100755
--- a/dash-pipeline/SAI/sai_api_gen.py
+++ b/dash-pipeline/SAI/sai_api_gen.py
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.isreadonly: str = "true"
         self.counter_type: str = "bytes"
         self.attr_type: str = "stats"
+        self.no_suffix: bool = ""
         self.param_actions: List[str] = []
 
     def parse_p4rt(self, p4rt_counter: Dict[str, Any], var_ref_graph: P4VarRefGraph) -> None:
@@ -597,6 +598,8 @@ def __parse_sai_counter_annotation(self, p4rt_counter: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
                         self.attr_type = str(kv['value']['stringValue'])
                         if self.attr_type not in ["counter_attr", "counter_id", "stats"]:
                             raise ValueError(f'Unknown counter attribute type: attr_type={self.attr_type}')
+                    elif kv['key'] == 'no_suffix':
+                        self.no_suffix = str(kv['value']['stringValue']) == "true"
                     else:
                         raise ValueError("Unknown attr annotation " + kv['key'])
 
@@ -613,10 +616,11 @@ def generate_counter_sai_attributes(self) -> 'Iterator[SAICounter]':
                 counter = copy.deepcopy(self)
             
             counter.counter_type = counter_type
+
             if counter.attr_type == "counter_attr":
-                counter.name = f"{counter.name}_{counter.counter_type}_counter"
+                counter.name = f"{counter.name}_{counter.counter_type}_counter" if not self.no_suffix else f"{counter.name}_counter"
             else:
-                counter.name = f"{counter.name}_{counter.counter_type}"
+                counter.name = f"{counter.name}_{counter.counter_type}" if not self.no_suffix else counter.name
 
             yield counter
 
diff --git a/dash-pipeline/bmv2/dash_arch_specific.p4 b/dash-pipeline/bmv2/dash_arch_specific.p4
index ca7bb75e1..17b8c60e8 100644
--- a/dash-pipeline/bmv2/dash_arch_specific.p4
+++ b/dash-pipeline/bmv2/dash_arch_specific.p4
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
         @SaiCounter[__VA_ARGS__] \
         counter(count, CounterType.bytes) name;
 
+    #define DEFINE_HIT_COUNTER(name, count, ...) \
+        @SaiCounter[__VA_ARGS__, no_suffix="true"] \
+        counter(count, CounterType.packets) name;
+
     #define UPDATE_COUNTER(name, index) \
         name.count((bit<32>)index)
     
@@ -40,6 +44,7 @@
     #define DEFINE_COUNTER(name, count, ...)
     #define DEFINE_PACKET_COUNTER(name, count, ...)
     #define DEFINE_BYTE_COUNTER(name, count, ...)
+    #define DEFINE_HIT_COUNTER(name, count, ...)
     #define UPDATE_COUNTER(name, index)
 
     #ifdef DPDK_SUPPORTS_DIRECT_COUNTER_ON_WILDCARD_KEY_TABLE