diff --git a/roles/openqa/worker/files/ifcfg-br0 b/roles/openqa/worker/files/ifcfg-br0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e8ca9aa02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/openqa/worker/files/ifcfg-br0
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+DEVICETYPE='ovs'
+TYPE='OVSBridge'
+BOOTPROTO='static'
+IPADDR='10.0.2.2'
+NETMASK='255.254.0.0'
+DEVICE=br0
+STP=off
+ONBOOT='yes'
+NAME='br0'
+HOTPLUG='no'
diff --git a/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml
index ec7f87847f..912b826a52 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openqa/worker/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   dnf: name={{ item }} state=present
   with_items:
   - openqa-worker
+  - os-autoinst-openvswitch
   - libselinux-python
   - edk2.git-ovmf-x64
   tags:
@@ -29,6 +30,28 @@
   tags:
   - config
 
+- name: openvswitch service
+  service: name=openvswitch enabled=yes state=started
+  with_sequence: "count={{ openqa_workers }}"
+
+- name: openvswitch bridge device config
+  copy: src=ifcfg-br0 dest=/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0 owner=root group=root mode=0644
+  notify:
+  - restart NetworkManager
+  tags:
+  - config
+
+- name: openvswitch tap devices config
+  template: src=ifcfg-tap dest=/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-tap{{ item }} owner=root group=root mode=0644
+  with_sequence: start=0 end={{ openqa_workers | int }}
+  notify:
+  - restart NetworkManager
+  tags:
+  - config
+
+- name: os-autoinst openvswitch service
+  service: name=os-autoinst-openvswitch enabled=yes state=started
+
 - name: Worker services
   service: name=openqa-worker@{{ item }} enabled=yes state=started
   with_sequence: "count={{ openqa_workers }}"
diff --git a/roles/openqa/worker/templates/ifcfg-tap b/roles/openqa/worker/templates/ifcfg-tap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e370fd516c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/openqa/worker/templates/ifcfg-tap
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+DEVICETYPE='ovs'
+TYPE='OVSPort'
+OVS_BRIDGE='br0'
+DEVICE='tap{{ item }}'
+ONBOOT='yes'
+BOOTPROTO='none'
+HOTPLUG='no'