diff --git a/templates/openvswitch-switch b/templates/openvswitch-switch
index bb22fd19..62ad3980 100644
--- a/templates/openvswitch-switch
+++ b/templates/openvswitch-switch
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 # Configuration managed by neutron-openvswitch charm
 ###############################################################################
 {% if dpdk_enabled -%}
-DPDK_OPTS='--dpdk -c {{ cpu_mask }} -n 4 --socket-mem {{ socket_memory }} {{ device_whitelist }}'
-{% endif -%}
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+DPDK_OPTS='--dpdk -c {{ cpu_mask }} -n 4 --socket-mem {{ socket_memory }} {{ device_whitelist }} --vhost-owner libvirt-qemu:kvm --vhost-perm 0660'
+{% endif -%}