diff --git a/openvswitch/templates/bin/_openvswitch-vswitchd-init-modules.sh.tpl b/openvswitch/templates/bin/_openvswitch-vswitchd-init-modules.sh.tpl
index ae06b97c1..2d84c8a2c 100644
--- a/openvswitch/templates/bin/_openvswitch-vswitchd-init-modules.sh.tpl
+++ b/openvswitch/templates/bin/_openvswitch-vswitchd-init-modules.sh.tpl
@@ -20,3 +20,9 @@ set -ex
 chroot /mnt/host-rootfs modprobe openvswitch
 chroot /mnt/host-rootfs modprobe gre
 chroot /mnt/host-rootfs modprobe vxlan
+
+{{- if .Values.conf.ovs_dpdk.enabled }}
+{{- if hasKey .Values.conf.ovs_dpdk "driver"}}
+chroot /mnt/host-rootfs modprobe {{ .Values.conf.ovs_dpdk.driver | quote }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/openvswitch/values.yaml b/openvswitch/values.yaml
index 770235e1d..46a64ce6b 100644
--- a/openvswitch/values.yaml
+++ b/openvswitch/values.yaml
@@ -205,3 +205,5 @@ conf:
     # mem_channels: 4
     # lcore_mask: 0x1
     # pmd_cpu_mask: 0x4
+    ## Optional driver to use
+    # driver: vfio-pci