diff --git a/opencontrail/client/resource/virtual_router.yml b/opencontrail/client/resource/virtual_router.yml
index 96497d0..0333c8f 100644
--- a/opencontrail/client/resource/virtual_router.yml
+++ b/opencontrail/client/resource/virtual_router.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 parameters:
+  _param:
+    contrail_compute_dpdk_enabled: False
   opencontrail:
     client:
       virtual_router:
         local_compute:
           name: ${linux:system:name}
           ip_address: ${_param:single_address}
+          dpdk_enabled: ${_param:contrail_compute_dpdk_enabled}
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