diff --git a/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v3/plugin.py b/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v3/plugin.py
index abce867bb2..7846be640d 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v3/plugin.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v3/plugin.py
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ class NsxV3Plugin(addr_pair_db.AllowedAddressPairsMixin,
                                    "quotas",
                                    "binding",
                                    "extra_dhcp_opt",
+                                   "agent",
+                                   "dhcp_agent_scheduler",
                                    "ext-gw-mode",
                                    "security-group",
                                    "port-security",
@@ -112,7 +114,8 @@ class NsxV3Plugin(addr_pair_db.AllowedAddressPairsMixin,
                 pbin.CAP_PORT_FILTER:
                 'security-group' in self.supported_extension_aliases}}
         self.tier0_groups_dict = {}
-        self._setup_rpc()
+        self._setup_dhcp()
+        self._start_rpc_notifiers()
         self._nsx_client = nsx_client.NSX3Client()
         self._port_client = nsx_resources.LogicalPort(self._nsx_client)
         self.nsgroup_container, self.default_section = (
@@ -168,23 +171,32 @@ class NsxV3Plugin(addr_pair_db.AllowedAddressPairsMixin,
         return self._get_port_security_profile()
 
     def _setup_rpc(self):
-        self.topic = topics.PLUGIN
-        self.conn = n_rpc.create_connection(new=True)
         self.endpoints = [dhcp_rpc.DhcpRpcCallback(),
                           agents_db.AgentExtRpcCallback(),
                           metadata_rpc.MetadataRpcCallback()]
+
+    def _setup_dhcp(self):
+        """Initialize components to support DHCP."""
+        self.network_scheduler = importutils.import_object(
+            cfg.CONF.network_scheduler_driver
+        )
+        self.start_periodic_dhcp_agent_status_check()
+
+    def _start_rpc_notifiers(self):
+        """Initialize RPC notifiers for agents."""
+        self.agent_notifiers[const.AGENT_TYPE_DHCP] = (
+            dhcp_rpc_agent_api.DhcpAgentNotifyAPI()
+        )
+
+    def start_rpc_listeners(self):
+        self._setup_rpc()
+        self.topic = topics.PLUGIN
+        self.conn = n_rpc.create_connection(new=True)
         self.conn.create_consumer(self.topic, self.endpoints, fanout=False)
         self.conn.create_consumer(topics.REPORTS,
                                   [agents_db.AgentExtRpcCallback()],
                                   fanout=False)
-        self.agent_notifiers[const.AGENT_TYPE_DHCP] = (
-            dhcp_rpc_agent_api.DhcpAgentNotifyAPI())
-        self.conn.consume_in_threads()
-        self.network_scheduler = importutils.import_object(
-            cfg.CONF.network_scheduler_driver
-        )
-        self.supported_extension_aliases.extend(
-            ['agent', 'dhcp_agent_scheduler'])
+        return self.conn.consume_in_threads()
 
     def _validate_provider_create(self, context, network_data):
         physical_net = network_data.get(pnet.PHYSICAL_NETWORK)