diff --git a/tools/configure_for_func_testing.sh b/tools/configure_for_func_testing.sh
index e4348039755..25b3d3cf3f9 100755
--- a/tools/configure_for_func_testing.sh
+++ b/tools/configure_for_func_testing.sh
@@ -97,13 +97,18 @@ function _install_base_deps {
     echo_summary "Installing base dependencies"
 
     INSTALL_TESTONLY_PACKAGES=True
-    PACKAGES=$(get_packages general,neutron,q-agt,q-l3,openvswitch)
+    PACKAGES=$(get_packages general,neutron,q-agt,q-l3)
     # Do not install 'python-' prefixed packages other than
     # python-dev*.  Neutron's functional testing relies on deployment
     # to a tox env so there is no point in installing python
     # dependencies system-wide.
     PACKAGES=$(echo $PACKAGES | perl -pe 's|python-(?!dev)[^ ]*||g')
     install_package $PACKAGES
+
+    source $NEUTRON_PATH/devstack/lib/ovs
+    remove_ovs_packages
+    OVS_BRANCH="v2.12.0"
+    compile_ovs False /usr /var
 }