diff --git a/doc/source/guides/neutron.rst b/doc/source/guides/neutron.rst
index 1e20d7fcbe..be85b63580 100644
--- a/doc/source/guides/neutron.rst
+++ b/doc/source/guides/neutron.rst
@@ -535,3 +535,19 @@ setup, with small modifications for the interface mappings.
     LB_PHYSICAL_INTERFACE=eth0
     PUBLIC_PHYSICAL_NETWORK=default
     LB_INTERFACE_MAPPINGS=default:eth0
+
+Creating specific OVS bridges for physical networks
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+When using the Open vSwitch ML2 mechanism driver, it is possible to
+have multiple Open vSwitch bridges meant for physical networking be
+automatically created by setting the ``OVS_BRIDGE_MAPPINGS`` to a list of
+physical network to bridge name associations with the following syntax:
+
+::
+    OVS_BRIDGE_MAPPINGS=net1name:bridge1name,net2name:bridge2name,<...>
+
+Also, ``OVS_BRIDGE_MAPPINGS`` has precedence over ``PHYSICAL_NETWORK`` and
+``OVS_PHYSICAL_BRIDGE``, meaning that if the former is set, the latter
+ones will be ignored. When ``OVS_BRIDGE_MAPPINGS`` is not set, the other
+variables will still be evaluated.
diff --git a/lib/neutron_plugins/openvswitch_agent b/lib/neutron_plugins/openvswitch_agent
index b1acacd4f3..94a26898ad 100644
--- a/lib/neutron_plugins/openvswitch_agent
+++ b/lib/neutron_plugins/openvswitch_agent
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ function neutron_plugin_configure_l3_agent {
 }
 
 function neutron_plugin_configure_plugin_agent {
+    local mappings_array mapping phys_bridge
     # Setup integration bridge
     _neutron_ovs_base_setup_bridge $OVS_BRIDGE
     _neutron_ovs_base_configure_firewall_driver
@@ -58,9 +59,15 @@ function neutron_plugin_configure_plugin_agent {
     # complex physical network configurations.
     if [[ "$OVS_BRIDGE_MAPPINGS" == "" ]] && [[ "$PHYSICAL_NETWORK" != "" ]] && [[ "$OVS_PHYSICAL_BRIDGE" != "" ]]; then
         OVS_BRIDGE_MAPPINGS=$PHYSICAL_NETWORK:$OVS_PHYSICAL_BRIDGE
+    fi
 
-        # Configure bridge manually with physical interface as port for multi-node
-        _neutron_ovs_base_add_bridge $OVS_PHYSICAL_BRIDGE
+    if [[ "$OVS_BRIDGE_MAPPINGS" != "" ]]; then
+        IFS=',' read -a mappings_array <<< "$OVS_BRIDGE_MAPPINGS"
+        for mapping in "${mappings_array[@]}"; do
+            phys_bridge=`echo $mapping | cut -f 2 -d ":"`
+            # Configure bridge manually with physical interface as port for multi-node
+            _neutron_ovs_base_add_bridge $phys_bridge
+        done
     fi
     if [[ "$OVS_BRIDGE_MAPPINGS" != "" ]]; then
         iniset /$Q_PLUGIN_CONF_FILE ovs bridge_mappings $OVS_BRIDGE_MAPPINGS