diff --git a/manifests/dpdk.pp b/manifests/dpdk.pp
index fae40e32..34f285f5 100644
--- a/manifests/dpdk.pp
+++ b/manifests/dpdk.pp
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 #   socket 1 and no allocation for socket 0, the value should be "0,1024"
 #   Defaults to undef.
 #
+# [*disable_emc*]
+#   (optional) Configure OVS to disable EMC.
+#
 # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
 #
 # [*driver_type*]
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ class vswitch::dpdk (
   $package_ensure     = 'present',
   $pmd_core_list      = undef,
   $socket_mem         = undef,
+  $disable_emc        = false,
   # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
   $driver_type        = 'vfio-pci',
 ) {
@@ -82,6 +86,14 @@ class vswitch::dpdk (
     notify  => Vs_config['other_config:dpdk-init'],
   }
 
+  if $disable_emc {
+    vs_config { 'other_config:emc-insert-inv-prob':
+      value  => '0',
+      notify => Service['openvswitch'],
+      wait   => false,
+    }
+  }
+
   # lint:ignore:quoted_booleans
   vs_config { 'other_config:dpdk-init':
     value   => 'true',
diff --git a/manifests/ovs.pp b/manifests/ovs.pp
index f86c923a..072a487a 100644
--- a/manifests/ovs.pp
+++ b/manifests/ovs.pp
@@ -24,11 +24,15 @@
 #   Hardware Offload. This feature is
 #   supported from ovs 2.8.0.
 #   Defaults to False.
+#
+# [*disable_emc*]
+#   (optional) Configure OVS to disable EMC.
 
 class vswitch::ovs(
   $package_ensure    = 'present',
   $dkms_ensure       = false,
   $enable_hw_offload = false,
+  $disable_emc       = false,
 ) {
 
   include ::vswitch::params
@@ -84,6 +88,14 @@ class vswitch::ovs(
   }
   # lint:endignore
 
+  if $disable_emc {
+    vs_config { 'other_config:emc-insert-inv-prob':
+      value  => '0',
+      notify => Service['openvswitch'],
+      wait   => false,
+    }
+  }
+
   service { 'openvswitch':
     ensure    => true,
     enable    => true,
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/disable-emc-6562d898d7d560db.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/disable-emc-6562d898d7d560db.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1165817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/disable-emc-6562d898d7d560db.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Added the configuration option to disable Exact Match Cache (EMC).
+
+
diff --git a/spec/classes/vswitch_dpdk_spec.rb b/spec/classes/vswitch_dpdk_spec.rb
index 8433d85e..a7f4728a 100644
--- a/spec/classes/vswitch_dpdk_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/vswitch_dpdk_spec.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ describe 'vswitch::dpdk' do
         params.merge!(:socket_mem      => '')
         params.merge!(:memory_channels => '' )
         params.merge!(:pmd_core_list => '')
+        params.merge!(:disable_emc => false)
       end
       it 'configures dpdk options' do
         is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:dpdk-init').with(
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ describe 'vswitch::dpdk' do
         is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:dpdk-extra').with(
           :value => nil, :wait => false,
         )
+        is_expected.to_not contain_vs_config('other_config:emc-insert-inv-prob')
 
       end
     end
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ describe 'vswitch::dpdk' do
         params.merge!(:socket_mem      => '1024')
         params.merge!(:memory_channels => 2)
         params.merge!(:pmd_core_list => '22,23,24,25,66,67,68,69')
+        params.merge!(:disable_emc => true)
       end
       it 'configures dpdk options' do
         is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:dpdk-init').with(
@@ -71,6 +74,9 @@ describe 'vswitch::dpdk' do
         is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:dpdk-extra').with(
           :value => '-n 2', :wait => false,
         )
+        is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:emc-insert-inv-prob').with(
+          :value  => '0', :notify => 'Service[openvswitch]', :wait => false,
+        )
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/vswitch_ovs_spec.rb b/spec/classes/vswitch_ovs_spec.rb
index f2666615..ecdeebd4 100644
--- a/spec/classes/vswitch_ovs_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/vswitch_ovs_spec.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ describe 'vswitch::ovs' do
     :package_ensure => 'present',
     :dkms_ensure => false,
     :enable_hw_offload => false,
+    :disable_emc => false,
   }
   end
 
@@ -48,6 +49,11 @@ describe 'vswitch::ovs' do
       it 'configures hw-offload option to false' do
           is_expected.to_not contain_vs_config('other_config:hw-offload')
       end
+
+      it 'configures disable_emc option to false' do
+          is_expected.to_not contain_vs_config('other_config:emc-insert-inv-prob')
+      end
+
       it 'configures service' do
         is_expected.to contain_service('openvswitch').with(
           :ensure    => true,
@@ -73,6 +79,7 @@ describe 'vswitch::ovs' do
           :package_ensure => 'latest',
           :dkms_ensure    => false,
           :enable_hw_offload => true,
+          :disable_emc => true,
         }
       end
       it 'installs correct package' do
@@ -87,6 +94,11 @@ describe 'vswitch::ovs' do
             :value  => 'true', :notify => 'Service[openvswitch]', :wait => true,
           )
       end
+      it 'configures disable_emc option' do
+          is_expected.to contain_vs_config('other_config:emc-insert-inv-prob').with(
+            :value  => '0', :notify => 'Service[openvswitch]', :wait => false,
+          )
+      end
     end
   end