diff --git a/net/openvswitch/Makefile b/net/openvswitch/Makefile
index 10be08240..9c23a2467 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/Makefile
+++ b/net/openvswitch/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ include ./openvswitch.mk
 #
 PKG_NAME:=openvswitch
 PKG_VERSION:=$(ovs_version)
-PKG_RELEASE:=4
+PKG_RELEASE:=5
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.openvswitch.org/releases/
 PKG_HASH:=7d5797f2bf2449c6a266149e88f72123540f7fe7f31ad52902057ae8d8f88c38
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/README.md b/net/openvswitch/README.md
index 2bbb02629..5ed04d771 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/README.md
+++ b/net/openvswitch/README.md
@@ -72,11 +72,12 @@ set to 0 to launch the respective daemons.
 The ovs_bridge section also supports the options below,
 for initialising a virtual bridge with an OpenFlow controller.
 
-| Name       | Type    | Required | Default                        | Description                                                |
-|------------|---------|----------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
-| disabled   | boolean | no       | 0                              | If set to true, disable initialisation of the named bridge |
-| name       | string  | no       | Inherits UCI config block name | The name of the switch in the OVS daemon                   |
-| controller | string  | no       | (none)                         | The endpoint of an OpenFlow controller for this bridge     |
+| Name        | Type    | Required | Default                        | Description                                                |
+|-------------|---------|----------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
+| disabled    | boolean | no       | 0                              | If set to true, disable initialisation of the named bridge |
+| name        | string  | no       | Inherits UCI config block name | The name of the switch in the OVS daemon                   |
+| controller  | string  | no       | (none)                         | The endpoint of an OpenFlow controller for this bridge     |
+| datapath_id | string  | no       | (none)                         | The OpenFlow datapath ID for this bridge                   |
 
 The ovs_port section can be used to add ports to a bridge. It supports the options below.
 
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/files/openvswitch.config b/net/openvswitch/files/openvswitch.config
index 6139cb47e..56900b888 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/files/openvswitch.config
+++ b/net/openvswitch/files/openvswitch.config
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ config ovs_bridge
 	option disabled 1
 	option name 'my-bridge'
 	option controller 'tcp:192.168.0.1'
+	option datapath_id ''
 
 config ovs_port
 	option disabled 1
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/files/openvswitch.init b/net/openvswitch/files/openvswitch.init
index 6db6ecea7..32adbac49 100755
--- a/net/openvswitch/files/openvswitch.init
+++ b/net/openvswitch/files/openvswitch.init
@@ -171,12 +171,26 @@ ovs_bridge_port_cleanup() {
 	done
 }
 
+ovs_bridge_validate_datapath_id() {
+	local dpid="$1"
+
+	if expr "$dpid" : '[[:xdigit:]]\{16\}$' > /dev/null; then
+		return 0
+	elif expr "$dpid" : '0x[[:xdigit:]]\{1,16\}$' > /dev/null; then
+		return 0
+	else
+		logger -t openvswitch "invalid datapath_id: $dpid"
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
+
 ovs_bridge_init() {
 	local cfg="$1"
 
 	local disabled
 	local name
 	local controller
+	local datapath_id
 
 	config_get_bool disabled "$cfg" disabled 0
 	[ "$disabled" == "0" ] || return
@@ -184,6 +198,13 @@ ovs_bridge_init() {
 	config_get name "$cfg" name $cfg
 	ovs-vsctl --may-exist add-br "$name"
 
+	config_get datapath_id "$cfg" datapath_id
+	[ -n "$datapath_id" ] && {
+		ovs_bridge_validate_datapath_id "$datapath_id" && {
+			ovs-vsctl --if-exists set bridge "$name" other-config:datapath-id="$datapath_id"
+		}
+	}
+
 	config_list_foreach "$cfg" "ports" ovs_bridge_port_add
 	config_foreach ovs_bridge_port_add_complex ovs_port "$name"
 	config_get_bool drop "$cfg" "drop_unknown_ports" 0