diff --git a/charts/ovn/templates/bin/_ovn-controller-init.sh.tpl b/charts/ovn/templates/bin/_ovn-controller-init.sh.tpl
index 1e61577..44bd8fe 100644
--- a/charts/ovn/templates/bin/_ovn-controller-init.sh.tpl
+++ b/charts/ovn/templates/bin/_ovn-controller-init.sh.tpl
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@
 ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-bridge="{{ .Values.conf.ovn_bridge }}"
 ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-bridge-mappings="{{ .Values.conf.ovn_bridge_mappings }}"
 ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-cms-options="${OVN_CMS_OPTIONS}"
+{{ if .Values.conf.ovn_bridge_datapath_type -}}
+ovs-vsctl set open . external-ids:ovn-bridge-datapath-type="{{ .Values.conf.ovn_bridge_datapath_type }}"
+{{- end }}
 
 # Configure hostname
 {{- if .Values.conf.use_fqdn.compute }}
diff --git a/charts/ovn/values.yaml b/charts/ovn/values.yaml
index 7b1f1c0..cc0eea4 100644
--- a/charts/ovn/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ovn/values.yaml
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@
   ovn_encap_type: geneve
   ovn_bridge: br-int
   ovn_bridge_mappings: external:br-ex
+  # For DPDK enabled environments, enable netdev datapath type for br-int
+  # ovn_bridge_datapath_type: netdev
 
   # auto_bridge_add:
   #   br-private: eth0