diff --git a/neutron/server/__init__.py b/neutron/server/__init__.py
index aedd1d428..72a52b22e 100755
--- a/neutron/server/__init__.py
+++ b/neutron/server/__init__.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 # If ../neutron/__init__.py exists, add ../ to Python search path, so that
 # it will override what happens to be installed in /usr/(local/)lib/python...
 
+import eventlet
 import sys
 
 from oslo.config import cfg
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ from neutron import service
 
 
 def main():
+    eventlet.monkey_patch()
+
     # the configuration will be read into the cfg.CONF global data structure
     config.parse(sys.argv[1:])
     if not cfg.CONF.config_file: