diff --git a/manifests/northd.pp b/manifests/northd.pp
index cdd9461..6d7da80 100644
--- a/manifests/northd.pp
+++ b/manifests/northd.pp
@@ -3,10 +3,23 @@
 #
 # installs ovn package starts the ovn-northd service
 #
-class ovn::northd() {
+# [*dbs_listen_ip*]
+#   The IP-Address where OVN DBs should be listening
+#   Defaults to '0.0.0.0'
+#
+class ovn::northd($dbs_listen_ip = '0.0.0.0') {
   include ::ovn::params
   include ::vswitch::ovs
 
+  if $::osfamily == 'RedHat' {
+    augeas { 'sysconfig-ovn-northd':
+      context =>  '/files/etc/sysconfig/ovn-northd',
+      changes =>  "set OVN_NORTHD_OPTS '\"--db-nb-addr=${dbs_listen_ip} --db-sb-addr=${dbs_listen_ip} \
+--db-nb-create-insecure-remote=yes --db-sb-create-insecure-remote=yes\"'",
+      before  =>  Service['northd'],
+    }
+  }
+
   service { 'northd':
     ensure    => true,
     enable    => true,
diff --git a/spec/classes/ovn_northd_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ovn_northd_spec.rb
index 320377c..07d4307 100644
--- a/spec/classes/ovn_northd_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/ovn_northd_spec.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe 'ovn::northd' do
 
+  shared_examples_for 'systemd env' do
+    it 'creates systemd conf' do
+      is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/sysconfig/ovn-northd').with(
+        :ensure  => 'file',
+        :mode    => '0644',
+        :owner   => 'root',
+        :group   => 'root',
+        :content => "OVN_NORTHD_OPTS=--db-nb-addr=0.0.0.0 --db-sb-addr=0.0.0.0 --db-nb-create-insecure-remote=yes --db-sb-create-insecure-remote=yes",
+        :before  => 'Service[northd]',
+      )
+    end
+  end
+
   shared_examples_for 'ovn northd' do
     it 'includes params' do
       is_expected.to contain_class('ovn::params')
@@ -56,6 +69,7 @@ describe 'ovn::northd' do
           }
         end
         it_behaves_like 'ovn northd'
+        it_behaves_like 'systemd env'
       end
     end
   end