diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/neutron.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/neutron.yaml
index 87ea6b18e3..f698f13bf2 100644
--- a/jenkins/jobs/neutron.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/neutron.yaml
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
               echo "[[post-config|/\$Q_PLUGIN_CONF_FILE]]" >> $localconf
               echo "[ovs]" >> $localconf
               echo "of_interface=native" >> $localconf
+              echo "ovsdb_interface=native" >> $localconf
           }}
           export -f pre_test_hook
 
@@ -369,6 +370,7 @@
               echo "[[post-config|/\$Q_PLUGIN_CONF_FILE]]" >> $localconf
               echo "[ovs]" >> $localconf
               echo "of_interface=native" >> $localconf
+              echo "ovsdb_interface=native" >> $localconf
           }}
           export -f pre_test_hook