diff --git a/roles/multi-node-bridge/vars/Gentoo.yaml b/roles/multi-node-bridge/vars/Gentoo.yaml
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+---
+ovs_package: "net-misc/openvswitch"
+ovs_service: "ovs-vswitchd"