diff --git a/networking/openvswitch-config/centos/build_srpm.data b/networking/openvswitch-config/centos/build_srpm.data
index da1e20bd8..2c3b2cb8b 100644
--- a/networking/openvswitch-config/centos/build_srpm.data
+++ b/networking/openvswitch-config/centos/build_srpm.data
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 SRC_DIR="files"
-TIS_PATCH_VER=0
+TIS_PATCH_VER=1
diff --git a/networking/openvswitch-config/centos/openvswitch-config.spec b/networking/openvswitch-config/centos/openvswitch-config.spec
index 7a6ee7905..345c6599b 100644
--- a/networking/openvswitch-config/centos/openvswitch-config.spec
+++ b/networking/openvswitch-config/centos/openvswitch-config.spec
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ StarlingX openvswitch configuration file
 %install
 install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/openvswitch
 install -m 0644 ovsdb-server.pmon.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/openvswitch/ovsdb-server.pmon.conf
+install -m 0644 ovs-vswitchd.pmon.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.pmon.conf
 install -d %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/starlingx
 install -m 0640 etc_logrotate.d_openvswitch %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/starlingx/etc_logrotate.d_openvswitch
 
@@ -43,4 +44,5 @@ fi
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %license LICENSE
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/openvswitch/ovsdb-server.pmon.conf
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.pmon.conf
 %{_datadir}/starlingx/etc_logrotate.d_openvswitch
diff --git a/networking/openvswitch-config/files/ovs-vswitchd.pmon.conf b/networking/openvswitch-config/files/ovs-vswitchd.pmon.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..145989305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/networking/openvswitch-config/files/ovs-vswitchd.pmon.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[process]
+process  = ovs-vswitchd
+service  = ovs-vswitchd   ; The name of the process's systemd service file without the extension
+pidfile  = /var/run/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.pid
+style    = lsb            ; ocf or lsb
+severity = critical       ; minor, major, critical
+restarts = 0              ; restarts before error assertion
+interval = 0              ; number of seconds to wait between restarts
+debounce = 20             ; number of seconds that a process needs to remain
+                          ;   running before degrade is removed and retry count
+                          ;   is cleared.
+startuptime  = 5          ; Seconds to wait after process start before starting the debounce monitor
+mode  = passive           ; Monitoring mode: passive (default) or active
+                          ; passive: process death monitoring (default: always)
+                          ; active : heartbeat monitoring, i.e. request / response messaging
+                          ; ignore : do not monitor or stop monitoring
+subfunction = worker      ; Optional label.
+                          ; Manage this process in the context of a combo host subfunction
+                          ;   Choices: worker or storage.
+                          ;    when specified pmond will wait for
+                          ;   /var/run/.worker_config_complete or
+                          ;   /var/run/.storage_config_complete
+                          ; ... before managing this process with the specified subfunction
+                          ;   Excluding this label will cause this process to be managed by default on startup