diff --git a/srcpkgs/openvswitch-devel b/srcpkgs/openvswitch-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..e91066d6e7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/openvswitch-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+openvswitch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/openvswitch/files/ovs-vswitchd/run b/srcpkgs/openvswitch/files/ovs-vswitchd/run
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..a0a6c98f997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/openvswitch/files/ovs-vswitchd/run
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+modprobe -q openvswitch || exit 1
+sv check ovsdb-server >/dev/null || exit 1
+install -d /run/openvswitch
+exec ovs-vswitchd
diff --git a/srcpkgs/openvswitch/files/ovsdb-server/run b/srcpkgs/openvswitch/files/ovsdb-server/run
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..36528368a4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/openvswitch/files/ovsdb-server/run
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+if [ ! -f /etc/openvswitch/conf.db ]; then
+    install -d /etc/openvswitch
+    ovsdb-tool create /etc/openvswitch/conf.db /usr/share/openvswitch/vswitch.ovsschema || exit 1
+fi
+install -d /run/openvswitch
+exec ovsdb-server --remote=punix:/run/openvswitch/db.sock
diff --git a/srcpkgs/openvswitch/patches/0001-ovs-thread-Set-stacksize-to-1M.patch b/srcpkgs/openvswitch/patches/0001-ovs-thread-Set-stacksize-to-1M.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96365c4047e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/openvswitch/patches/0001-ovs-thread-Set-stacksize-to-1M.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+From 92ae6e162812876c082fd9d05a0eeac062f832ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
+Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 08:50:26 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] ovs-thread: Set stacksize to 1M
+
+With musl libc the default stacksize is 80k which is too small and
+makes it segfault.
+
+We increase it to 1MB.
+http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network.openvswitch.general/5831
+
+Signed-off-by: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
+---
+ lib/ovs-thread.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
+
+--- lib/ovs-thread.c	2014-10-02 14:37:47.196714056 -0300
++++ lib/ovs-thread.c	2014-10-02 14:38:10.826714288 -0300
+@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
+ #include "socket-util.h"
+ #include "util.h"
+ 
++/* set default stack size to 1M */
++#define OVS_STACK_SIZE (1024 * 1024)
++
+ #ifdef __CHECKER__
+ /* Omit the definitions in this file because they are somewhat difficult to
+  * write without prompting "sparse" complaints, without ugliness or
+@@ -329,6 +332,7 @@
+ {
+     struct ovsthread_aux *aux;
+     pthread_t thread;
++    pthread_attr_t attr;
+     int error;
+ 
+     forbid_forking("multiple threads exist");
+@@ -340,10 +344,21 @@
+     aux->arg = arg;
+     ovs_strlcpy(aux->name, name, sizeof aux->name);
+ 
+-    error = pthread_create(&thread, NULL, ovsthread_wrapper, aux);
++    error = pthread_attr_init(&attr);
++    if (error) {
++        ovs_abort(error, "pthread_attr_init failed");
++    }
++    error = pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, OVS_STACK_SIZE);
++    if (error) {
++        ovs_abort(error, "pthread_attr_setstacksize failed");
++    }
++
++    error = pthread_create(&thread, &attr, ovsthread_wrapper, aux);
+     if (error) {
+         ovs_abort(error, "pthread_create failed");
+     }
++    pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);
++
+     return thread;
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/openvswitch/patches/musl-if_packet.patch b/srcpkgs/openvswitch/patches/musl-if_packet.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18875fa5714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/openvswitch/patches/musl-if_packet.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- lib/netdev-linux.c	2015-08-20 00:33:42.960971996 +0000
++++ lib/netdev-linux.c	2015-08-22 18:16:10.741115156 +0000
+@@ -37,10 +37,9 @@
+ #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+ #include <sys/socket.h>
+ #include <sys/utsname.h>
+-#include <netpacket/packet.h>
+ #include <net/if.h>
+ #include <net/if_arp.h>
+-#include <net/if_packet.h>
++#include <linux/if_packet.h>
+ #include <net/route.h>
+ #include <netinet/in.h>
+ #include <poll.h>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/openvswitch/template b/srcpkgs/openvswitch/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25e713ca849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/openvswitch/template
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Template file for 'openvswitch'
+pkgname=openvswitch
+version=2.4.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-rundir=/run/openvswitch"
+hostmakedepends="python perl"
+makedepends="libressl-devel ${hostmakedepends}"
+depends="python"
+short_desc="Production quality, multilayer virtual switch"
+maintainer="Renato Aguiar <contact@renatoaguiar.org>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="http://openvswitch.org/"
+distfiles="http://openvswitch.org/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=424c5a8dea1c5b153e8c1803bb041d0495e81379fb6f386dd58ee903a7681b9a
+only_for_archs="i686 i686-musl x86_64 x86_64-musl"
+_completiondir="/usr/share/bash-completion/completions"
+make_install_args+=" completiondir=${_completiondir}"
+pycompile_dirs="usr/share/openvswitch/python"
+
+post_install() {
+	for cmd in ovs-appctl ovs-vsctl; do
+		chmod 0644 ${DESTDIR}${_completiondir}/$cmd-bashcomp.bash
+		mv ${DESTDIR}${_completiondir}/$cmd-bashcomp.bash \
+		   ${DESTDIR}${_completiondir}/$cmd
+	done
+	for cmd in ovs-ofctl ovs-dpctl ovsdb-tool; do
+		ln -s ovs-appctl ${DESTDIR}${_completiondir}/$cmd
+	done
+	vsv ovsdb-server
+	vsv ovs-vswitchd
+}
+
+openvswitch-devel_package() {
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+	}
+}