diff --git a/ansible/filter_plugins/tenks.py b/ansible/filter_plugins/tenks.py
index c7fb921..4d0c620 100644
--- a/ansible/filter_plugins/tenks.py
+++ b/ansible/filter_plugins/tenks.py
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ class FilterModule(object):
         return {
             # Network name filters.
             'bridge_name': bridge_name,
-            'ovs_link_name': ovs_link_name,
+            'peer_link_name': peer_link_name,
             'physnet_index_to_name': physnet_index_to_name,
             'physnet_name_to_index': physnet_name_to_index,
             'source_link_name': source_link_name,
-            'source_to_ovs_link_name': source_to_ovs_link_name,
+            'source_to_peer_link_name': source_to_peer_link_name,
             'source_link_to_physnet_name': source_link_to_physnet_name,
 
             # Libvirt filters.
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def set_libvirt_start_params(node):
 
 @contextfilter
 def bridge_name(context, physnet, inventory_hostname=None):
-    """Get the Tenks OVS bridge name from a physical network name.
+    """Get the Tenks bridge name from a physical network name.
     """
     return (_get_hostvar(context, 'bridge_prefix',
                          inventory_hostname=inventory_hostname) +
@@ -123,22 +123,22 @@ def source_link_name(context, node, physnet, inventory_hostname=None):
 
 
 @contextfilter
-def ovs_link_name(context, node, physnet, inventory_hostname=None):
-    """Get the OVS veth link name for a node/physnet combination.
+def peer_link_name(context, node, physnet, inventory_hostname=None):
+    """Get the peer veth link name for a node/physnet combination.
     """
     return (_link_name(context, node, physnet,
                        inventory_hostname=inventory_hostname) +
-            _get_hostvar(context, 'veth_node_ovs_suffix',
+            _get_hostvar(context, 'veth_node_peer_suffix',
                          inventory_hostname=inventory_hostname))
 
 
 @contextfilter
-def source_to_ovs_link_name(context, source, inventory_hostname=None):
-    """Get the corresponding OVS link name for a source link name.
+def source_to_peer_link_name(context, source, inventory_hostname=None):
+    """Get the corresponding peer link name for a source link name.
     """
     base = source[:-len(_get_hostvar(context, 'veth_node_source_suffix',
                                      inventory_hostname=inventory_hostname))]
-    return base + _get_hostvar(context, 'veth_node_ovs_suffix',
+    return base + _get_hostvar(context, 'veth_node_peer_suffix',
                                inventory_hostname=inventory_hostname)
 
 
diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/hypervisors b/ansible/group_vars/hypervisors
index 8d19cde..61ec7a1 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/hypervisors
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/hypervisors
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ physnet_mappings: {}
 system_requirements:
   - "python{% if ansible_python.version.major == 3 %}3{% endif %}-virtualenv"
 
+# Tenks bridge type. Options are "openvswitch", "linuxbridge".  Default is
+# "openvswitch". Note that this relates to bridges created by Tenks, not the
+# source devices in physnet_mappings.
+bridge_type: "openvswitch"
+
 # Naming scheme for bridges created by tenks for physical networks is
 # {{ bridge_prefix + i }}, where `i` is the index of the physical network in
 # physnet_mappings (sorted alphabetically by key).
@@ -14,13 +19,13 @@ bridge_prefix: brtenks
 # Prefix for all veth links.
 veth_prefix: 'p-'
 
-# Suffix for veth links attached to a Tenks OVS bridge.
-veth_bridge_ovs_suffix: '-ovs'
+# Suffix for veth links attached to a Tenks bridge.
+veth_bridge_peer_suffix: '-{% if bridge_type == "openvswitch" %}ovs{% else %}br{% endif %}'
 # Suffix for veth links attached to a source Linux bridge.
 veth_bridge_source_suffix: '-phy'
 
-# Suffix for veth links attached to a Tenks OVS bridge.
-veth_node_ovs_suffix: '-ovs'
+# Suffix for veth links attached to a Tenks bridge.
+veth_node_peer_suffix: '-{% if bridge_type == "openvswitch" %}ovs{% else %}br{% endif %}'
 # Suffix for veth links attached to a node. Nodes aren't physical so '-phy'
 # doesn't seem right.
 veth_node_source_suffix: '-tap'
diff --git a/ansible/hypervisor_setup.yml b/ansible/hypervisor_setup.yml
index 82d6e7f..0f3f558 100644
--- a/ansible/hypervisor_setup.yml
+++ b/ansible/hypervisor_setup.yml
@@ -28,19 +28,21 @@
   # Don't remove log directory during teardown to preserve historical logs.
   when: cmd != 'teardown'
 
-- name: Check if ovs-vsctl command is present
-  command: ovs-vsctl --version
-  register: ovs_vsctl_check
-  failed_when: false
-  changed_when: false
+- block:
+    - name: Check if ovs-vsctl command is present
+      command: ovs-vsctl --version
+      register: ovs_vsctl_check
+      failed_when: false
+      changed_when: false
 
-- name: Fail when Open vSwitch is not installed
-  fail:
-    msg: >-
-      Tenks requires openvswitch to be installed and running. Please install
-      openvswitch. If it is installed, please report this as a bug.
-  # Assume a non-zero return code means that openvswitch is not installed.
-  when: ovs_vsctl_check.rc != 0
+    - name: Fail when Open vSwitch is not installed
+      fail:
+        msg: >-
+          Tenks requires openvswitch to be installed and running. Please install
+          openvswitch. If it is installed, please report this as a bug.
+      # Assume a non-zero return code means that openvswitch is not installed.
+      when: ovs_vsctl_check.rc != 0
+  when: bridge_type == "openvswitch"
 
 - name: Configure physical networks
   include_tasks: physical_network.yml
diff --git a/ansible/node_networking.yml b/ansible/node_networking.yml
index c3b237d..ecc2045 100644
--- a/ansible/node_networking.yml
+++ b/ansible/node_networking.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@
       include_role:
         name: veth-pair
       vars:
-        veth_pair_ovs_bridge: "{{ physnet.1 | bridge_name }}"
-        veth_pair_ovs_link_name: "{{ physnet.0 | ovs_link_name(physnet.1) }}"
+        veth_pair_peer_bridge_type: "{{ bridge_type }}"
+        veth_pair_peer_bridge: "{{ physnet.1 | bridge_name }}"
+        veth_pair_peer_link_name: "{{ physnet.0 | peer_link_name(physnet.1) }}"
         veth_pair_source_link_name: "{{ physnet.0 | source_link_name(physnet.1) }}"
         veth_pair_state: "{{ physnet.0.get('state', 'present') }}"
       # Loop over each physical network for each node allocated to this host.
diff --git a/ansible/physical_network.yml b/ansible/physical_network.yml
index dbc97cf..c3ad261 100644
--- a/ansible/physical_network.yml
+++ b/ansible/physical_network.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 - name: Register source interface as a Linux bridge
   set_fact:
-    source_type: linux_bridge
+    source_type: linuxbridge
   when: if_details.stdout_lines[-1].split()[0] == 'bridge'
 
 - block:
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
     - name: Register source interface as an Open vSwitch bridge
       set_fact:
-        source_type: ovs_bridge
+        source_type: openvswitch
       when: source_interface in ovs_bridges.stdout_lines
 
   when: if_details.stdout_lines[-1].split()[0] == 'openvswitch'
@@ -56,15 +56,44 @@
     bridge: "{{ tenks_bridge }}"
     state: "{{ state }}"
   become: true
+  when: bridge_type == "openvswitch"
+
+- block:
+    - name: Check if Tenks bridge exists
+      stat:
+        path: /sys/class/net/{{ tenks_bridge }}
+      register: stat_result
+
+    - name: Ensure Tenks bridge exists
+      vars:
+        link_operation: "{{ 'add' if state == 'present' else 'del' }}"
+      command: >-
+        {{ tenks_ip_path }} link {{ link_operation }} {{ tenks_bridge }} type bridge
+      changed_when: true
+      become: true
+      when: >-
+        state == 'present' and not stat_result.stat.exists or
+        state == 'absent' and stat_result.stat.exists
+
+    - name: Ensure Tenks bridge is up
+      command: >-
+        {{ tenks_ip_path }} link set {{ tenks_bridge }} up
+      changed_when: true
+      become: true
+      when:
+        - state == 'present'
+        - not stat_result.stat.exists
+  when: bridge_type == "linuxbridge"
 
 - name: Configure existing Linux bridge
-  when: source_type == 'linux_bridge'
+  when: source_type == 'linuxbridge'
   include_role:
     name: veth-pair
   vars:
-    veth_pair_ovs_bridge: "{{ tenks_bridge }}"
-    veth_pair_ovs_link_name: >-
-      {{ veth_prefix + tenks_bridge + veth_bridge_ovs_suffix }}
+    veth_pair_peer_bridge_type: "{{ bridge_type }}"
+    veth_pair_peer_bridge: "{{ tenks_bridge }}"
+    veth_pair_peer_link_name: >-
+      {{ veth_prefix + tenks_bridge + veth_bridge_peer_suffix }}
     veth_pair_source_bridge: "{{ source_interface }}"
     veth_pair_source_link_name: >-
       {{ veth_prefix + tenks_bridge + veth_bridge_source_suffix }}
@@ -72,16 +101,16 @@
     veth_pair_state: "{{ state }}"
 
 - name: Configure existing Open vSwitch bridge
-  when: source_type == 'ovs_bridge'
+  when: source_type == 'openvswitch'
   block:
     - name: Configure patch port on Tenks bridge
       openvswitch_port:
         bridge: "{{ tenks_bridge }}"
-        port: "{{ veth_prefix + tenks_bridge + veth_bridge_ovs_suffix }}"
+        port: "{{ veth_prefix + tenks_bridge + veth_bridge_peer_suffix }}"
         # Despite the module documentation, `set` will happily take multiple
         # properties.
         set: >-
-          Interface {{ veth_prefix + tenks_bridge + veth_bridge_ovs_suffix }}
+          Interface {{ veth_prefix + tenks_bridge + veth_bridge_peer_suffix }}
             type=patch
             options:peer={{ veth_prefix + tenks_bridge +
                             veth_bridge_source_suffix }}
@@ -98,7 +127,7 @@
           Interface {{ veth_prefix + tenks_bridge + veth_bridge_source_suffix }}
             type=patch
             options:peer={{ veth_prefix + tenks_bridge +
-                            veth_bridge_ovs_suffix }}
+                            veth_bridge_peer_suffix }}
         state: "{{ state }}"
       become: true
 
@@ -108,6 +137,28 @@
     port: "{{ source_interface }}"
     state: "{{ state }}"
   when:
+    - bridge_type == 'openvswitch'
+    - source_type == 'direct'
+    # If 'absent', we've already deleted the bridge earlier, so no need to
+    # unplug the interface.
+    - state != 'absent'
+  become: true
+
+- block:
+    - name: Speculatively check interface's master
+      command: >-
+        realpath /sys/class/net/{{ source_interface }}/master
+      register: master_result
+      failed_when: false
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Plug source interface into Tenks bridge
+      command: >-
+        {{ tenks_ip_path }} link set dev {{ source_interface }} master {{ tenks_bridge }}
+      changed_when: true
+      when: master_result.rc != 0
+  when:
+    - bridge_type == 'linuxbridge'
     - source_type == 'direct'
     # If 'absent', we've already deleted the bridge earlier, so no need to
     # unplug the interface.
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ironic-enrolment/tasks/port.yml b/ansible/roles/ironic-enrolment/tasks/port.yml
index 1a59818..8377a48 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ironic-enrolment/tasks/port.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ironic-enrolment/tasks/port.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     switch_info: "{{ bridge }}"
     port_id: >-
       {{ source_interface
-        | source_to_ovs_link_name(inventory_hostname=ironic_hypervisor) }}
+        | source_to_peer_link_name(inventory_hostname=ironic_hypervisor) }}
   command: >-
     '{{ ironic_virtualenv_path }}/bin/openstack' baremetal port set
       {{ uuid.stdout }}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/veth-pair/README.md b/ansible/roles/veth-pair/README.md
index 8bb03d6..5c2d1d5 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/veth-pair/README.md
+++ b/ansible/roles/veth-pair/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Veth Pair
 This role manages a veth pair. Actions:
 
   * If `veth_pair_state` is `present`, it will create the veth pair and
-    plug one end into the specified OVS bridge. If `veth_pair_plug_into_source`
+    plug one end into the specified peer bridge. If `veth_pair_plug_into_source`
     is enabled, it will also plug the other end into/from a source Linux
     bridge.
 
@@ -15,14 +15,18 @@ This role manages a veth pair. Actions:
 Requirements
 ------------
 
-The host should have the `ip` and `ovs-vsctl` commands accessible.
+The host should have the `ip` command available. If
+`veth_pair_peer_bridge_type` is `openvswitch`, or `veth_pair_source_link_name`
+is an OVS bridge, the `ovs-vsctl` command should also be accessible.
 
 Role Variables
 --------------
 
-- `veth_pair_ovs_link_name`: The name to give the veth link that plugs into the
-  OVS bridge.
-- `veth_pair_ovs_bridge`: The name of the OVS bridge to plug into.
+- `veth_pair_peer_bridge_type`: The type of the peer bridge. One of
+  `openvswitch`, or `linuxbridge`.
+- `veth_pair_peer_link_name`: The name to give the veth link that plugs into
+  the peer bridge.
+- `veth_pair_peer_bridge`: The name of the peer bridge to plug into.
 - `veth_pair_source_link_name`: The name to give the veth link that plugs into
   the source device.
 - `veth_pair_source_bridge`: The name of the source Linux bridge to plug into. Must be
diff --git a/ansible/roles/veth-pair/tasks/absent.yml b/ansible/roles/veth-pair/tasks/absent.yml
index f61cb0a..3d679fa 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/veth-pair/tasks/absent.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/veth-pair/tasks/absent.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 - name: Delete veth pair
   command: >-
-    ip link del dev {{ veth_pair_ovs_link_name }}
+    ip link del dev {{ veth_pair_peer_link_name }}
     type veth
     peer name {{ veth_pair_source_link_name }}
   register: res
diff --git a/ansible/roles/veth-pair/tasks/present.yml b/ansible/roles/veth-pair/tasks/present.yml
index 65a51e4..57b9a2d 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/veth-pair/tasks/present.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/veth-pair/tasks/present.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: Create veth pair
   command: >-
-    ip link add dev {{ veth_pair_ovs_link_name }}
+    ip link add dev {{ veth_pair_peer_link_name }}
     type veth
     peer name {{ veth_pair_source_link_name }}
   register: res
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 - name: Bring each end of veth up
   command: ip link set {{ item }} up
   loop:
-    - "{{ veth_pair_ovs_link_name }}"
+    - "{{ veth_pair_peer_link_name }}"
     - "{{ veth_pair_source_link_name }}"
   become: true
   # if the interface is already up, this ultimately ends up being a noop, see:
@@ -22,10 +22,26 @@
 
 - name: Plug veth into OVS bridge
   openvswitch_port:
-    bridge: "{{ veth_pair_ovs_bridge }}"
-    port: "{{ veth_pair_ovs_link_name }}"
+    bridge: "{{ veth_pair_peer_bridge }}"
+    port: "{{ veth_pair_peer_link_name }}"
+  when: veth_pair_peer_bridge_type == "openvswitch"
   become: true
 
+- block:
+    - include_tasks: is-attached.yml
+      vars:
+        bridge: "{{ veth_pair_peer_bridge }}"
+        interface: "{{ veth_pair_peer_link_name }}"
+
+    - name: Plug veth into source bridge
+      command: >-
+        ip link set {{ veth_pair_peer_link_name }} master
+        {{ veth_pair_peer_bridge }}
+      when:
+        - not veth_pair_is_attached
+      become: true
+  when: veth_pair_peer_bridge_type == "linuxbridge"
+
 - block:
   - include_tasks: is-attached.yml
     vars:
diff --git a/doc/source/configuration.rst b/doc/source/configuration.rst
index a9675b0..4bfe1e7 100644
--- a/doc/source/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/source/configuration.rst
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ are required for different hosts, you will need to individually specify them in
 an inventory host_vars file: for a host with hostname *myhost*, set
 ``physnet_mappings`` within the file ``ansible/inventory/host_vars/myhost``.
 
+Another variable that may be useful is ``bridge_type``. This may be either
+``openvswitch`` (default) or ``linuxbridge``, and defines the type of bridges
+created by Tenks. This may be different from the type of interfaces or bridges
+in ``physnet_mappings``.
+
 Standalone Ironic
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/playbooks/tenks-deploy-teardown/run.yml b/playbooks/tenks-deploy-teardown/run.yml
index e8d6b27..e48f16b 100644
--- a/playbooks/tenks-deploy-teardown/run.yml
+++ b/playbooks/tenks-deploy-teardown/run.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         chdir: "{{ tenks_src_dir }}"
       environment:
         ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH: "{{ tenks_src_dir }}/ansible/roles"
+      when: bridge_type == 'openvswitch'
 
     - name: Deploy tenks cluster
       shell:
diff --git a/playbooks/tenks-deploy-teardown/templates/tenks-overrides.yml.j2 b/playbooks/tenks-deploy-teardown/templates/tenks-overrides.yml.j2
index 7e06d3c..d62f5f9 100644
--- a/playbooks/tenks-deploy-teardown/templates/tenks-overrides.yml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/tenks-deploy-teardown/templates/tenks-overrides.yml.j2
@@ -26,4 +26,6 @@ nova_flavors: []
 physnet_mappings:
   physnet1: breth1
 
+bridge_type: {{ bridge_type }}
+
 python_upper_constraints_url: file://{{ upper_constraints_path }}
diff --git a/zuul.d/base.yaml b/zuul.d/base.yaml
index 2d5f2d3..e4f8031 100644
--- a/zuul.d/base.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/base.yaml
@@ -21,3 +21,15 @@
       - ^releasenotes/.*
       - ^setup.cfg$
       - ^tox.ini$
+
+- job:
+    name: tenks-deploy-teardown-ovs-base
+    parent: tenks-deploy-teardown-base
+    vars:
+      bridge_type: openvswitch
+
+- job:
+    name: tenks-deploy-teardown-linuxbridge-base
+    parent: tenks-deploy-teardown-base
+    vars:
+      bridge_type: linuxbridge
diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index 61a0dfa..9d34a18 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -8,20 +8,38 @@
       tox_envlist: alint
 
 - job:
-    name: tenks-deploy-teardown-centos7
-    parent: tenks-deploy-teardown-base
+    name: tenks-deploy-teardown-ovs-centos7
+    parent: tenks-deploy-teardown-ovs-base
     nodeset: centos-7
     required-projects:
       - name: openstack/requirements
         override-checkout: stable/train
 
 - job:
-    name: tenks-deploy-teardown-centos8
-    parent: tenks-deploy-teardown-base
+    name: tenks-deploy-teardown-ovs-centos8
+    parent: tenks-deploy-teardown-ovs-base
     nodeset: centos-8
 
 - job:
-    name: tenks-deploy-teardown-ubuntu
-    parent: tenks-deploy-teardown-base
+    name: tenks-deploy-teardown-ovs-ubuntu
+    parent: tenks-deploy-teardown-ovs-base
+    nodeset: ubuntu-bionic
+
+- job:
+    name: tenks-deploy-teardown-linuxbridge-centos7
+    parent: tenks-deploy-teardown-linuxbridge-base
+    nodeset: centos-7
+    required-projects:
+      - name: openstack/requirements
+        override-checkout: stable/train
+
+- job:
+    name: tenks-deploy-teardown-linuxbridge-centos8
+    parent: tenks-deploy-teardown-linuxbridge-base
+    nodeset: centos-8
+
+- job:
+    name: tenks-deploy-teardown-linuxbridge-ubuntu
+    parent: tenks-deploy-teardown-linuxbridge-base
     nodeset: ubuntu-bionic
 
diff --git a/zuul.d/project.yaml b/zuul.d/project.yaml
index a25957f..662db80 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project.yaml
@@ -9,9 +9,12 @@
     check:
       jobs:
         - tenks-tox-ansible-lint
-        - tenks-deploy-teardown-centos7
-        - tenks-deploy-teardown-centos8
-        - tenks-deploy-teardown-ubuntu
+        - tenks-deploy-teardown-ovs-centos7
+        - tenks-deploy-teardown-ovs-centos8
+        - tenks-deploy-teardown-ovs-ubuntu
+        - tenks-deploy-teardown-linuxbridge-centos7
+        - tenks-deploy-teardown-linuxbridge-centos8
+        - tenks-deploy-teardown-linuxbridge-ubuntu
         # Until we have ironic jobs using tenks, gate on the kayobe overcloud
         # deploy job, which uses tenks to test bare metal compute provisioning.
         - kayobe-overcloud-centos8
@@ -19,9 +22,12 @@
       queue: tenks
       jobs:
         - tenks-tox-ansible-lint
-        - tenks-deploy-teardown-centos7
-        - tenks-deploy-teardown-centos8
-        - tenks-deploy-teardown-ubuntu
+        - tenks-deploy-teardown-ovs-centos7
+        - tenks-deploy-teardown-ovs-centos8
+        - tenks-deploy-teardown-ovs-ubuntu
+        - tenks-deploy-teardown-linuxbridge-centos7
+        - tenks-deploy-teardown-linuxbridge-centos8
+        - tenks-deploy-teardown-linuxbridge-ubuntu
         # Until we have ironic jobs using tenks, gate on the kayobe overcloud
         # deploy job, which uses tenks to test bare metal compute provisioning.
         - kayobe-overcloud-centos8