diff --git a/hooks/neutron_ovs_utils.py b/hooks/neutron_ovs_utils.py
index ee0eb5c2..9869e75e 100644
--- a/hooks/neutron_ovs_utils.py
+++ b/hooks/neutron_ovs_utils.py
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ def deferrable_services():
 
     _svcs = services()
     _svcs.extend(['ovs-vswitchd', 'ovsdb-server', 'ovs-vswitchd-dpdk',
-                  'openvswitch-switch'])
+                  'openvswitch-switch', 'ovs-record-hostname'])
     return list(set(_svcs))