diff --git a/deployment/openvswitch/openvswitch-dpdk-baremetal-ansible.yaml b/deployment/openvswitch/openvswitch-dpdk-baremetal-ansible.yaml
index 3dab8e4260..4a53ad4308 100644
--- a/deployment/openvswitch/openvswitch-dpdk-baremetal-ansible.yaml
+++ b/deployment/openvswitch/openvswitch-dpdk-baremetal-ansible.yaml
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ parameters:
     default: ""
     tags:
       - role_specific
+  OvsPmdAutoLb:
+    default: false
+    description: |
+      Configure DPDK OVS PMD Auto Load Balance.
+    type: boolean
+    tags:
+      - role_specific
   OvsPmdLoadThreshold:
     description: >
       Minimum PMD thread load threshold. Its a string with a number
@@ -170,6 +177,7 @@ resources:
               enable_tso: OvsDpdkEnableTSO
               revalidator: OvsRevalidatorCores
               handler: OvsHandlerCores
+              pmd_auto_lb: OvsPmdAutoLb
               pmd_load_threshold: OvsPmdLoadThreshold
               pmd_improvement_threshold: OvsPmdImprovementThreshold
               pmd_rebal_interval: OvsPmdRebalInterval
@@ -184,6 +192,7 @@ resources:
               OvsDpdkEnableTSO: {get_param: OvsDpdkEnableTSO}
               OvsRevalidatorCores: {get_param: OvsRevalidatorCores}
               OvsHandlerCores: {get_param: OvsHandlerCores}
+              OvsPmdAutoLb: {get_param: OvsPmdAutoLb}
               OvsPmdLoadThreshold: {get_param: OvsPmdLoadThreshold}
               OvsPmdImprovementThreshold: {get_param: OvsPmdImprovementThreshold}
               OvsPmdRebalInterval: {get_param: OvsPmdRebalInterval}
@@ -216,6 +225,7 @@ outputs:
               tripleo_ovs_dpdk_socket_memory: {get_attr: [RoleParametersDpdk, value, socket_mem]}
               tripleo_ovs_dpdk_revalidator_cores: {get_attr: [RoleParametersDpdk, value, revalidator]}
               tripleo_ovs_dpdk_handler_cores: {get_attr: [RoleParametersDpdk, value, handler]}
+              tripleo_ovs_dpdk_pmd_auto_lb: {get_attr: [RoleParametersDpdk, value, pmd_auto_lb]}
               tripleo_ovs_dpdk_pmd_load_threshold: {get_attr: [RoleParametersDpdk, value, pmd_load_threshold]}
               tripleo_ovs_dpdk_pmd_improvement_threshold: {get_attr: [RoleParametersDpdk, value, pmd_improvement_threshold]}
               tripleo_ovs_dpdk_pmd_rebal_interval: {get_attr: [RoleParametersDpdk, value, pmd_rebal_interval]}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/ovs_dpdk_pmd-74f4cfa0ef280cc0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/ovs_dpdk_pmd-74f4cfa0ef280cc0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33ba7da12d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/ovs_dpdk_pmd-74f4cfa0ef280cc0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Introduce new parameter to configure OVS PMD Auto Load Balance for
+    OVS DPDK