diff --git a/recipes-networking/openvswitch/openvswitch_git.bb b/recipes-networking/openvswitch/openvswitch_git.bb
index a3c586b7..35f4ba8b 100644
--- a/recipes-networking/openvswitch/openvswitch_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-networking/openvswitch/openvswitch_git.bb
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ SRC_URI += " \
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=17b2c9d4c70853a09c0e143137754b35"
 
+DPDK_INSTALL_DIR ?= "/opt/dpdk"
+
 PACKAGECONFIG ?= ""
-PACKAGECONFIG[dpdk] = "--with-dpdk=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}/opt/dpdk/${TARGET_ARCH}-native-linuxapp-gcc,,dpdk,"
+PACKAGECONFIG[dpdk] = "--with-dpdk=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${DPDK_INSTALL_DIR}/share/${TARGET_ARCH}-native-linuxapp-gcc,,dpdk,dpdk"
 
 # Don't compile kernel modules by default since it heavily depends on
 # kernel version. Use the in-kernel module for now.