diff --git a/snap/hooks/configure b/snap/hooks/configure
index dbacc37..a2e9af0 100755
--- a/snap/hooks/configure
+++ b/snap/hooks/configure
@@ -31,5 +31,15 @@ do
     echo "waiting for rabbitmq to start" && sleep 1;
 done
 
-HOME=$SNAP_COMMON/lib/rabbitmq rabbitmqctl add_user openstack rabbitmq || true
+HOME=$SNAP_COMMON/lib/rabbitmq rabbitmqctl add_user openstack rabbitmq || :
 HOME=$SNAP_COMMON/lib/rabbitmq rabbitmqctl set_permissions openstack ".*" ".*" ".*"
+
+# Open vSwitch/Neutron
+echo "Configuring Open vSwitch networking"
+
+# Create external integration bridge
+ovs-vsctl --retry --may-exist add-br br-ex
+
+# Configure br-ex
+ip address add 10.20.20.1/24 dev br-ex || :
+ip link set br-ex up || :