diff --git a/docker/openvswitch/openvswitch-base/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/openvswitch/openvswitch-base/Dockerfile.j2
index 5d4352c791..6d50d6c630 100644
--- a/docker/openvswitch/openvswitch-base/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/openvswitch/openvswitch-base/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ MAINTAINER {{ maintainer }}
 
 {% if base_distro in ['centos', 'fedora', 'oraclelinux', 'rhel'] %}
 
-RUN yum install -y \
+RUN yum -y install \
         openvswitch \
     && yum clean all