diff --git a/manifests/agents/ml2/ovs.pp b/manifests/agents/ml2/ovs.pp
index 87a17f0da..c82e9d2c8 100644
--- a/manifests/agents/ml2/ovs.pp
+++ b/manifests/agents/ml2/ovs.pp
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@
 #   (optional) List of <bridge>:<hypervisor>
 #   Defaults to empty list
 #
+# [*resource_provider_default_hypervisor*]
+#   (optional) The default hypervisor name used to locate the parent of
+#   the resource provider.
+#   Defaults to $::os_service_default
+#
 # [*explicitly_egress_direct*]
 #  (optional) When set to True, the accepted egress unicast traffic will not
 #  use action NORMAL. The accepted egress packets will be taken care of in the
@@ -258,6 +263,7 @@ class neutron::agents::ml2::ovs (
   $igmp_snooping_enable                 = $::os_service_default,
   $resource_provider_bandwidths         = [],
   $resource_provider_hypervisors        = [],
+  $resource_provider_default_hypervisor = $::os_service_default,
   $explicitly_egress_direct             = $::os_service_default,
   $network_log_rate_limit               = $::os_service_default,
   $network_log_burst_limit              = $::os_service_default,
@@ -367,8 +373,9 @@ class neutron::agents::ml2::ovs (
   }
 
   neutron_agent_ovs {
-    'ovs/resource_provider_bandwidths':  value => $resource_provider_bandwidths_real;
-    'ovs/resource_provider_hypervisors': value => $resource_provider_hypervisors_real;
+    'ovs/resource_provider_bandwidths':         value => $resource_provider_bandwidths_real;
+    'ovs/resource_provider_hypervisors':        value => $resource_provider_hypervisors_real;
+    'ovs/resource_provider_default_hypervisor': value => $resource_provider_default_hypervisor;
   }
 
   neutron_agent_ovs {
diff --git a/manifests/agents/ml2/sriov.pp b/manifests/agents/ml2/sriov.pp
index 29f19faba..837e55165 100644
--- a/manifests/agents/ml2/sriov.pp
+++ b/manifests/agents/ml2/sriov.pp
@@ -77,18 +77,24 @@
 #   (optional) List of <bridge>:<hypervisor>
 #   Defaults to empty list
 #
+# [*resource_provider_default_hypervisor*]
+#   (optional) The default hypervisor name used to locate the parent of
+#   the resource provider.
+#   Defaults to $::os_service_default
+#
 class neutron::agents::ml2::sriov (
-  $package_ensure                = 'present',
-  $enabled                       = true,
-  $manage_service                = true,
-  $physical_device_mappings      = $::os_service_default,
-  $polling_interval              = 2,
-  $exclude_devices               = $::os_service_default,
-  $extensions                    = $::os_service_default,
-  $purge_config                  = false,
-  $number_of_vfs                 = $::os_service_default,
-  $resource_provider_bandwidths  = [],
-  $resource_provider_hypervisors = [],
+  $package_ensure                       = 'present',
+  $enabled                              = true,
+  $manage_service                       = true,
+  $physical_device_mappings             = $::os_service_default,
+  $polling_interval                     = 2,
+  $exclude_devices                      = $::os_service_default,
+  $extensions                           = $::os_service_default,
+  $purge_config                         = false,
+  $number_of_vfs                        = $::os_service_default,
+  $resource_provider_bandwidths         = [],
+  $resource_provider_hypervisors        = [],
+  $resource_provider_default_hypervisor = $::os_service_default,
 ) {
 
   include ::neutron::deps
@@ -146,8 +152,9 @@ class neutron::agents::ml2::sriov (
   }
 
   neutron_sriov_agent_config {
-    'sriov_nic/resource_provider_bandwidths':  value => $resource_provider_bandwidths_real;
-    'sriov_nic/resource_provider_hypervisors': value => $resource_provider_hypervisors_real;
+    'sriov_nic/resource_provider_bandwidths':         value => $resource_provider_bandwidths_real;
+    'sriov_nic/resource_provider_hypervisors':        value => $resource_provider_hypervisors_real;
+    'sriov_nic/resource_provider_default_hypervisor': value => $resource_provider_default_hypervisor;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/resource_provider_default_hypervisor-0d27eb32e2cde997.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/resource_provider_default_hypervisor-0d27eb32e2cde997.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e7c572c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/resource_provider_default_hypervisor-0d27eb32e2cde997.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Now the ``neutron::agents::ml2::ovs`` class and
+    the ``neutron::agents::ml2::sriov`` class supports
+    the resource_provider_default_hypervisor parameter to set the corresponding
+    parameter in ovs-agent and sriov-agent.
diff --git a/spec/classes/neutron_agents_ml2_ovs_spec.rb b/spec/classes/neutron_agents_ml2_ovs_spec.rb
index 40d8c3bf7..b8c57d5e2 100644
--- a/spec/classes/neutron_agents_ml2_ovs_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/neutron_agents_ml2_ovs_spec.rb
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ describe 'neutron::agents::ml2::ovs' do
         with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
       should contain_neutron_agent_ovs('ovs/resource_provider_hypervisors').\
         with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
+      should contain_neutron_agent_ovs('ovs/resource_provider_default_hypervisor').\
+        with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
       should contain_neutron_agent_ovs('agent/explicitly_egress_direct').with_value(['<SERVICE DEFAULT>'])
       should contain_neutron_agent_ovs('network_log/rate_limit').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
       should contain_neutron_agent_ovs('network_log/burst_limit').with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
@@ -350,8 +352,9 @@ describe 'neutron::agents::ml2::ovs' do
     context 'when parameters for resource providers are set' do
       before :each do
         params.merge!(
-          :resource_provider_bandwidths  => ['provider-a', 'provider-b'],
-          :resource_provider_hypervisors => ['provider-a:compute-a', 'provider-b:compute-b'],
+          :resource_provider_bandwidths         => ['provider-a', 'provider-b'],
+          :resource_provider_hypervisors        => ['provider-a:compute-a', 'provider-b:compute-b'],
+          :resource_provider_default_hypervisor => 'compute-c',
         )
       end
 
@@ -360,6 +363,8 @@ describe 'neutron::agents::ml2::ovs' do
           with_value('provider-a,provider-b')
         should contain_neutron_agent_ovs('ovs/resource_provider_hypervisors').\
           with_value('provider-a:compute-a,provider-b:compute-b')
+        should contain_neutron_agent_ovs('ovs/resource_provider_default_hypervisor').\
+          with_value('compute-c')
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/neutron_agents_ml2_sriov_spec.rb b/spec/classes/neutron_agents_ml2_sriov_spec.rb
index 02d85dc8d..9463204e0 100644
--- a/spec/classes/neutron_agents_ml2_sriov_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/neutron_agents_ml2_sriov_spec.rb
@@ -66,9 +66,13 @@ describe 'neutron::agents::ml2::sriov' do
       should contain_service('neutron-sriov-nic-agent-service').that_notifies('Anchor[neutron::service::end]')
     end
 
-    it 'does not configure resource_provider_bandwidths by default' do
+    it 'does not configure resource provider parameters by default' do
       should contain_neutron_sriov_agent_config('sriov_nic/resource_provider_bandwidths').\
         with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
+      should contain_neutron_sriov_agent_config('sriov_nic/resource_provider_hypervisors').\
+        with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
+      should contain_neutron_sriov_agent_config('sriov_nic/resource_provider_default_hypervisor').\
+        with_value('<SERVICE DEFAULT>')
     end
 
     context 'when number_of_vfs is empty' do
@@ -138,8 +142,9 @@ describe 'neutron::agents::ml2::sriov' do
     context 'when parameters for resource providers are set' do
       before :each do
         params.merge!(
-          :resource_provider_bandwidths  => ['provider-a', 'provider-b'],
-          :resource_provider_hypervisors => ['provider-a:compute-a', 'provider-b:compute-b'],
+          :resource_provider_bandwidths         => ['provider-a', 'provider-b'],
+          :resource_provider_hypervisors        => ['provider-a:compute-a', 'provider-b:compute-b'],
+          :resource_provider_default_hypervisor => 'compute-c'
         )
       end
 
@@ -148,6 +153,8 @@ describe 'neutron::agents::ml2::sriov' do
           with_value('provider-a,provider-b')
         should contain_neutron_sriov_agent_config('sriov_nic/resource_provider_hypervisors').\
           with_value('provider-a:compute-a,provider-b:compute-b')
+        should contain_neutron_sriov_agent_config('sriov_nic/resource_provider_default_hypervisor').\
+          with_value('compute-c')
       end
     end
   end