diff --git a/lib/automake.mk b/lib/automake.mk
index 17b36b43d..ebf714501 100644
--- a/lib/automake.mk
+++ b/lib/automake.mk
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ lib_libopenvswitch_la_SOURCES = \
 	lib/hmapx.h \
 	lib/id-pool.c \
 	lib/id-pool.h \
+	lib/if-notifier-manual.c \
+	lib/if-notifier.h \
 	lib/ipf.c \
 	lib/ipf.h \
 	lib/jhash.c \
@@ -394,7 +396,6 @@ lib_libopenvswitch_la_SOURCES += \
 	lib/dpif-netlink-rtnl.c \
 	lib/dpif-netlink-rtnl.h \
 	lib/if-notifier.c \
-	lib/if-notifier.h \
 	lib/netdev-linux.c \
 	lib/netdev-linux.h \
 	lib/netdev-linux-private.h \
diff --git a/lib/if-notifier-manual.c b/lib/if-notifier-manual.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54bbf76fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/if-notifier-manual.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include "openvswitch/compiler.h"
+#include "openvswitch/thread.h"
+#include "openvswitch/util.h"
+#include "if-notifier.h"
+
+/* Implementation of a manual interface notifier.
+ *
+ * Intended for catching interface events that could not be tracked by
+ * OS specific interface notifiers, e.g. iface updates in netdev-dpdk.
+ * For that purpose 'if_notifier_manual_report()' should be called directly
+ * by the code that aware of interface changes.
+ *
+ * Thread-safety
+ * =============
+ * This notifier is thread-safe in terms of calling its functions from
+ * different thread contexts,  however if the callback passed to
+ * 'if_notifier_manual_set_cb' is used by some other code (i.e. by OS
+ * specific notifiers) it must be thread-safe itself.
+ */
+
+static struct ovs_mutex manual_notifier_mutex = OVS_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+static if_notify_func *notify OVS_GUARDED_BY(manual_notifier_mutex) = NULL;
+
+void
+if_notifier_manual_set_cb(if_notify_func *cb)
+{
+    ovs_mutex_lock(&manual_notifier_mutex);
+    notify = cb;
+    ovs_mutex_unlock(&manual_notifier_mutex);
+}
+
+void
+if_notifier_manual_report(void)
+{
+    ovs_mutex_lock(&manual_notifier_mutex);
+    if (notify) {
+        notify(NULL);
+    }
+    ovs_mutex_unlock(&manual_notifier_mutex);
+}
diff --git a/lib/if-notifier.h b/lib/if-notifier.h
index 259138f70..dae852e9f 100644
--- a/lib/if-notifier.h
+++ b/lib/if-notifier.h
@@ -27,4 +27,11 @@ void if_notifier_destroy(struct if_notifier *);
 void if_notifier_run(void);
 void if_notifier_wait(void);
 
+/* Below functions are reserved for if-notifier-manual , i.e. for manual
+ * notifications from the OVS code.
+ * Must not be implemented by OS specific notifiers. */
+
+void if_notifier_manual_set_cb(if_notify_func *);
+void if_notifier_manual_report(void);
+
 #endif  /* if-notifier.h */
diff --git a/vswitchd/bridge.c b/vswitchd/bridge.c
index 5de0a264a..1bf5c4d4a 100644
--- a/vswitchd/bridge.c
+++ b/vswitchd/bridge.c
@@ -530,11 +530,13 @@ bridge_init(const char *remote)
     ifaces_changed = seq_create();
     last_ifaces_changed = seq_read(ifaces_changed);
     ifnotifier = if_notifier_create(if_change_cb, NULL);
+    if_notifier_manual_set_cb(if_change_cb);
 }
 
 void
 bridge_exit(bool delete_datapath)
 {
+    if_notifier_manual_set_cb(NULL);
     if_notifier_destroy(ifnotifier);
     seq_destroy(ifaces_changed);