diff --git a/openvswitch/templates/bin/_openvswitch-vswitchd.sh.tpl b/openvswitch/templates/bin/_openvswitch-vswitchd.sh.tpl
index 23ef00d8c..3ba842e27 100644
--- a/openvswitch/templates/bin/_openvswitch-vswitchd.sh.tpl
+++ b/openvswitch/templates/bin/_openvswitch-vswitchd.sh.tpl
@@ -107,4 +107,12 @@ function stop () {
   ovs-appctl -T1 -t /run/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.${PID}.ctl exit
 }
 
+function poststart () {
+  # This enables the usage of 'ovs-appctl' from neutron-ovs-agent pod.
+
+  PID=$(cat $OVS_PID)
+  OVS_CTL=/run/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.${PID}.ctl
+  chown {{ .Values.pod.user.nova.uid }}.{{ .Values.pod.user.nova.uid }} ${OVS_CTL}
+}
+
 $COMMAND
diff --git a/openvswitch/templates/daemonset-ovs-vswitchd.yaml b/openvswitch/templates/daemonset-ovs-vswitchd.yaml
index 41dcf8f03..8c6849b46 100644
--- a/openvswitch/templates/daemonset-ovs-vswitchd.yaml
+++ b/openvswitch/templates/daemonset-ovs-vswitchd.yaml
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ It should be handled through lcore and pmd core masks. */}}
             - /tmp/openvswitch-vswitchd.sh
             - start
           lifecycle:
+            postStart:
+              exec:
+                command:
+                  - /tmp/openvswitch-vswitchd.sh
+                  - poststart
             preStop:
               exec:
                 command: