diff --git a/utilities/ovs-dev.py b/utilities/ovs-dev.py
index 38b962a02..8128b08f9 100755
--- a/utilities/ovs-dev.py
+++ b/utilities/ovs-dev.py
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ def modinst():
 
     _sh("modprobe", "openvswitch")
     _sh("dmesg | grep openvswitch | tail -1")
+    _sh("find /lib/modules/%s/ -iname vport-*.ko -exec insmod '{}' \;" % uname())
 commands.append(modinst)