diff --git a/debian/openvswitch-common.postinst.in b/debian/openvswitch-common.postinst.in
index 43df5b886058bc83dfc0b4cd9076a751a4eb94b7..b75b2e9ed7e87d4a9d4235a200d0543b9f33d13f 100644
--- a/debian/openvswitch-common.postinst.in
+++ b/debian/openvswitch-common.postinst.in
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ set -e
 
 if [ "${1}" = "configure" ] ; then
 	update-alternatives --install /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-common/ovs-vswitchd 100 \
-        --slave /usr/lib/%%MULTIARCH_TRIPLETT%%/libopenvswitch-2.15.so.0.0.0 libopenvswitch.so /usr/lib/openvswitch-common/libopenvswitch-2.15.so.0.0.0
+        --slave /usr/lib/%%MULTIARCH_TRIPLETT%%/libopenvswitch-2.15.so.0.0.0 libopenvswitch.so /usr/lib/openvswitch-common/libopenvswitch-2.15.so.0.0.0 \
+        --slave /usr/lib/%%MULTIARCH_TRIPLETT%%/libofproto-2.15.so.0.0.0 libofproto.so /usr/lib/openvswitch-common/libofproto-2.15.so.0.0.0
 fi
 
 #DEBHELPER#
diff --git a/debian/openvswitch-switch-dpdk.postinst.in b/debian/openvswitch-switch-dpdk.postinst.in
index 4bbc279e33a069df46506f2fba7da596112e088e..85d231d27ede548c4b59ad61147cb647c3fc096a 100644
--- a/debian/openvswitch-switch-dpdk.postinst.in
+++ b/debian/openvswitch-switch-dpdk.postinst.in
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ set -e
 
 if [ "${1}" = "configure" ] ; then
 	update-alternatives --install /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk 200 \
-        --slave /usr/lib/%%MULTIARCH_TRIPLETT%%/libopenvswitch-2.15.so.0.0.0 libopenvswitch.so /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/libopenvswitch-2.15.so.0.0.0
+        --slave /usr/lib/%%MULTIARCH_TRIPLETT%%/libopenvswitch-2.15.so.0.0.0 libopenvswitch.so /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/libopenvswitch-2.15.so.0.0.0 \
+        --slave /usr/lib/%%MULTIARCH_TRIPLETT%%/libofproto-2.15.so.0.0.0 libofproto.so /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/libofproto-2.15.so.0.0.0
 fi
 
 #DEBHELPER#
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index c8edc01a621ef092eb250405ec14b460479f1be3..9913367cf9074c12b94714c6f58211d0d486c064 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ override_dh_auto_install-arch:
 		$(CURDIR)/debian/openvswitch-common/usr/lib/openvswitch-common/ovs-vswitchd
 	mv $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/libopenvswitch-2.15.so.0.0.0 \
 		$(CURDIR)/debian/openvswitch-common/usr/lib/openvswitch-common/libopenvswitch-2.15.so.0.0.0
+	mv $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/libofproto-2.15.so.0.0.0 \
+		$(CURDIR)/debian/openvswitch-common/usr/lib/openvswitch-common/libofproto-2.15.so.0.0.0
+
 
 override_dh_auto_install-indep:
 	$(MAKE) -C _debian DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp install
@@ -218,7 +221,10 @@ override_dh_auto_install-indep:
 
 override_dh_install:
 	install -D -m 0644 utilities/ovs-vsctl-bashcomp.bash $(CURDIR)/debian/openvswitch-switch/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/ovs-vsctl
-	dh_install --exclude=usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd --exclude=usr/lib/`dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH`/libopenvswitch-2.15.so.0.0.0
+	dh_install --exclude=usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd \
+		   --exclude=usr/lib/`dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH`/libopenvswitch-2.15.so.0.0.0 \
+		   --exclude=usr/lib/`dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH`/libofproto-2.15.so.0.0.0
+
 
 	rm -f $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/*.la
 	dh_installman --language=C
@@ -227,6 +233,7 @@ override_dh_install:
 	# remove the files managed via update-alternatives
 	rm -f $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd
 	rm -f $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/libopenvswitch-2.15.so.0.0.0
+	rm -f $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/libofproto-2.15.so.0.0.0
 
 	dh_missing --fail-missing
 	# openvswitch-switch
@@ -238,6 +245,8 @@ ifneq (,$(filter i386 amd64 ppc64el arm64, $(DEB_HOST_ARCH)))
 		$(CURDIR)/debian/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk
 	install -v -D _dpdk/lib/.libs/libopenvswitch-2.15.so.0.0.0 \
 		$(CURDIR)/debian/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/libopenvswitch-2.15.so.0.0.0
+	install -v -D _dpdk/ofproto/.libs/libofproto-2.15.so.0.0.0 \
+		$(CURDIR)/debian/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/usr/lib/openvswitch-switch-dpdk/libofproto-2.15.so.0.0.0
 endif
 
 override_dh_installinit:
@@ -254,7 +263,7 @@ override_dh_strip:
 	dh_strip --dbg-package=openvswitch-dbg
 
 override_dh_shlibdeps:
-	dh_shlibdeps -l$(CURDIR)/_debian/lib/.libs
+	dh_shlibdeps -l$(CURDIR)/_debian/lib/.libs:$(CURDIR)/_debian/ofproto/.libs
 
 override_dh_installman:
 	echo "Do nothing..."