diff --git a/networking/openvswitch/centos/build_srpm.data b/networking/openvswitch/centos/build_srpm.data
index 6e36f5d7f..b98158431 100644
--- a/networking/openvswitch/centos/build_srpm.data
+++ b/networking/openvswitch/centos/build_srpm.data
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 COPY_LIST="files/*"
-TIS_PATCH_VER=0
+TIS_PATCH_VER=1
 BUILD_IS_SLOW=12
diff --git a/networking/openvswitch/centos/meta_patches/0007-enable-mlx-pmds.patch b/networking/openvswitch/centos/meta_patches/0007-enable-mlx-pmds.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a20174ede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/networking/openvswitch/centos/meta_patches/0007-enable-mlx-pmds.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+diff --git a/SOURCES/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc-config b/SOURCES/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc-config
+index f81d420..eab161c 100644
+--- a/SOURCES/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc-config
++++ b/SOURCES/x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc-config
+@@ -197,12 +197,12 @@ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_FM10K_DEBUG_DRIVER=n
+ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_FM10K_RX_OLFLAGS_ENABLE=y
+ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_FM10K_INC_VECTOR=y
+ # Compile burst-oriented Mellanox ConnectX-3 (MLX4) PMD
+-CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_PMD=n
++CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_PMD=y
+ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_DEBUG=n
+ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_DEBUG_BROKEN_VERBS=n
+ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX4_TX_MP_CACHE=8
+ # Compile burst-oriented Mellanox ConnectX-4 & ConnectX-5 (MLX5) PMD
+-CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD=n
++CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_PMD=y
+ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_DEBUG=n
+ CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_MLX5_TX_MP_CACHE=8
+ # Compile burst-oriented Broadcom PMD driver
+diff --git a/SPECS/openvswitch.spec b/SPECS/openvswitch.spec
+index 29255d5..f392e95 100644
+--- a/SPECS/openvswitch.spec
++++ b/SPECS/openvswitch.spec
+@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ BuildRequires: libcap-ng libcap-ng-devel
+ %ifarch %{dpdkarches}
+ # DPDK driver dependencies
+ BuildRequires: zlib-devel libpcap-devel numactl-devel
++BuildRequires: rdma-core-devel
+ Requires: python-pyelftools
+ 
+ # Virtual provide for depending on DPDK-enabled OVS
+@@ -356,7 +357,12 @@ cd -
+         --dpdk \
+         < rhel/usr_lib_systemd_system_ovs-vswitchd.service.in \
+         > rhel/usr_lib_systemd_system_ovs-vswitchd.service
+-make %{?_smp_mflags}
++make %{?_smp_mflags} \
++%if %{with dpdk}
++%ifarch %{dpdkarches}
++  LDFLAGS="-libverbs -lmlx4 -lmlx5"
++%endif
++%endif
+ 
+ %install
+ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
diff --git a/networking/openvswitch/centos/meta_patches/PATCH_ORDER b/networking/openvswitch/centos/meta_patches/PATCH_ORDER
index 12dcf854c..1c6551c98 100644
--- a/networking/openvswitch/centos/meta_patches/PATCH_ORDER
+++ b/networking/openvswitch/centos/meta_patches/PATCH_ORDER
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 0004-add-pmon-conf-files.patch
 0005-log-rotation-config.patch
 0006-rpm-check-with-condition.patch
+0007-enable-mlx-pmds.patch