diff --git a/lib/neutron_plugins/ovs_source b/lib/neutron_plugins/ovs_source
index 08951d1..9c87dce 100644
--- a/lib/neutron_plugins/ovs_source
+++ b/lib/neutron_plugins/ovs_source
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 # Defaults
 # --------
+Q_BUILD_OVS_FROM_GIT=$(trueorfalse False Q_BUILD_OVS_FROM_GIT)
 
 # Set variables for building OVS from source
 OVS_REPO=${OVS_REPO:-https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs.git}