diff --git a/net-misc/openvswitch/openvswitch-2.14.1.ebuild b/net-misc/openvswitch/openvswitch-2.14.1.ebuild
index cb44e1d8be7e1..c873cc5a5478d 100644
--- a/net-misc/openvswitch/openvswitch-2.14.1.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/openvswitch/openvswitch-2.14.1.ebuild
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ src_install() {
 pkg_postinst() {
 	use modules && linux-mod_pkg_postinst
 
+	tmpfiles_process openvswitch.conf
+
 	# only needed on non-systemd, but helps anyway
 	elog "Use the following command to create an initial database for ovsdb-server:"
 	elog "   emerge --config =${CATEGORY}/${PF}"
diff --git a/net-misc/openvswitch/openvswitch-2.15.0.ebuild b/net-misc/openvswitch/openvswitch-2.15.0.ebuild
index 7f44d4ded5673..83ea5328d7d04 100644
--- a/net-misc/openvswitch/openvswitch-2.15.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/openvswitch/openvswitch-2.15.0.ebuild
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ src_install() {
 pkg_postinst() {
 	use modules && linux-mod_pkg_postinst
 
+	tmpfiles_process openvswitch.conf
+
 	# only needed on non-systemd, but helps anyway
 	elog "Use the following command to create an initial database for ovsdb-server:"
 	elog "   emerge --config =${CATEGORY}/${PF}"