diff --git a/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/modular/openstack-network/networks.pp b/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/modular/openstack-network/networks.pp
index a61d775be1..eaabd98772 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/modular/openstack-network/networks.pp
+++ b/deployment/puppet/osnailyfacter/modular/openstack-network/networks.pp
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ if hiera('use_neutron', false) {
   $private_net_physnet          = try_get_value($nets, "${private_net}/L2/physnet", false)
   $private_net_shared           = try_get_value($nets, "${private_net}/shared", false)
   $private_net_router_external  = false
-  $floating_net_physnet         = try_get_value($nets, "${floating_net}/L2/physnet", false)
+  $floating_net_type            = try_get_value($nets, "${floating_net}/L2/network_type", 'local')
+  $floating_net_physnet         = $floating_net_type ? {
+                                      'local' => false,
+                                      default => try_get_value($nets, "${floating_net}/L2/physnet", false),
+                                  }
   $floating_net_router_external = try_get_value($nets, "${floating_net}/L2/router_ext")
   $floating_net_floating_range  = try_get_value($nets, "${floating_net}/L3/floating", '')
   $floating_net_shared          = try_get_value($nets, "${floating_net}/shared", false)
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ if hiera('use_neutron', false) {
   neutron_network { $floating_net :
     ensure                    => 'present',
     provider_physical_network => $floating_net_physnet,
-    provider_network_type     => 'local',
+    provider_network_type     => $floating_net_type,
     router_external           => $floating_net_router_external,
     tenant_name               => $tenant_name,
     shared                    => $floating_net_shared