diff --git a/docker/neutron/neutron-base/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/neutron/neutron-base/Dockerfile.j2
index e9a6ffb113..01eb3fef15 100644
--- a/docker/neutron/neutron-base/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/neutron/neutron-base/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ RUN echo '{{ install_type}} not yet available for {{ base_distro }}' \
 
     {% endif %}
 {% elif install_type == 'source' %}
-    {% if base_distro in ['ubuntu', 'debian'] %}
+    {% if base_distro in ['centos', 'fedora', 'oraclelinux', 'rhel'] %}
+
+RUN yum -y install openvswitch
+
+    {% elif base_distro in ['ubuntu', 'debian'] %}
 
 RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         iptables \
diff --git a/docker/nova/nova-compute/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/nova/nova-compute/Dockerfile.j2
index 2fc9547a78..e10b05129f 100644
--- a/docker/nova/nova-compute/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/nova/nova-compute/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ RUN yum -y install openstack-nova-compute \
 
 RUN yum -y install \
         libvirt-python \
+        openvswitch \
         qemu-img \
         sysfsutils \
     && yum clean all