diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/neutron/agents/ovn.pp b/manifests/profile/base/neutron/agents/ovn.pp
index dc33cca95..ec8a7996e 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/neutron/agents/ovn.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/neutron/agents/ovn.pp
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::neutron::agents::ovn (
 ) {
   if $step >= 4 {
     class { 'ovn::controller':
-      ovn_remote     => join([$protocol, normalize_ip_for_uri($ovn_db_host), "${ovn_sbdb_port}"], ':'),
+      ovn_remote              => join([$protocol, normalize_ip_for_uri($ovn_db_host), "${ovn_sbdb_port}"], ':'),
+      enable_ovn_match_northd => true,
     }
   }
 }