diff --git a/doc/source/user/vif-types.rst b/doc/source/user/vif-types.rst
index 366076bf..43ca9587 100644
--- a/doc/source/user/vif-types.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user/vif-types.rst
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ VIFPortProfileFPOpenVSwitch
 This profile provides the metadata required to associate a fast path :term:`vhost-user`
 VIF with an :term:`Open vSwitch` port.
 
+VIFPortProfileOVSRepresentor
+----------------------------
+
+This profile provides the metadata required to associate a VIF with a
+:term:`VF` representor and :term:`Open vSwitch` port. If `representor_name` is
+specified, it indicates a desire to rename the representor to the given name
+on plugging.
+
 VIFPortProfileFPBridge
 ----------------------
 
diff --git a/os_vif/objects/vif.py b/os_vif/objects/vif.py
index 1c2cee02..b0d9f803 100644
--- a/os_vif/objects/vif.py
+++ b/os_vif/objects/vif.py
@@ -195,6 +195,21 @@ class VIFPortProfileFPOpenVSwitch(VIFPortProfileOpenVSwitch):
     }
 
 
+@base.VersionedObjectRegistry.register
+class VIFPortProfileOVSRepresentor(VIFPortProfileOpenVSwitch):
+    # Port profile info for OpenVSwitch networks using a representor
+
+    VERSION = '1.0'
+
+    fields = {
+        # Name to set on the representor (if set)
+        'representor_name': fields.StringField(nullable=True),
+
+        # The PCI address of the Virtual Function
+        'representor_address': fields.PCIAddressField(nullable=True),
+    }
+
+
 @base.VersionedObjectRegistry.register
 class VIFPortProfileFPBridge(VIFPortProfileBase):
     # Port profile info for LinuxBridge networks using fastpath
diff --git a/os_vif/tests/unit/test_vif.py b/os_vif/tests/unit/test_vif.py
index 590c721c..6f5e8c57 100644
--- a/os_vif/tests/unit/test_vif.py
+++ b/os_vif/tests/unit/test_vif.py
@@ -106,6 +106,18 @@ class TestVIFS(base.TestCase):
                        vif_name="tap123",
                        port_profile=prof)
 
+    def test_vif_vhost_user_ovs_representor(self):
+        prof = objects.vif.VIFPortProfileOVSRepresentor(
+            interface_id="07bd6cea-fb37-4594-b769-90fc51854ee8",
+            profile_id="fishfood",
+            representor_name="tap123",
+            representor_address="0002:24:12.3")
+        self._test_vif(objects.vif.VIFVHostUser,
+                       path="/some/socket.path",
+                       mode=objects.fields.VIFVHostUserMode.CLIENT,
+                       vif_name="tap123",
+                       port_profile=prof)
+
     def test_vif_vhost_user_fp_lb(self):
         prof = objects.vif.VIFPortProfileFPBridge(bridge_name="brq456")
         self._test_vif(objects.vif.VIFVHostUser,
@@ -161,6 +173,7 @@ object_data = {
     'VIFPortProfileFPBridge': '1.0-d50872b3cddd245ffebef6053dfbe27a',
     'VIFPortProfileFPTap': '1.0-11670d8dbabd772ff0da26961adadc5a',
     'VIFVHostUser': '1.1-1f95b43be1f884f090ca1f4d79adfd35',
+    'VIFPortProfileOVSRepresentor': '1.0-d1b67d954bcab8378c8064771d62ecd5',
 }
 
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-ovs-representor-portprofile-5f8290e5a40bf0a4.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-ovs-representor-portprofile-5f8290e5a40bf0a4.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4bb43319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-ovs-representor-portprofile-5f8290e5a40bf0a4.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - A new port profile has been added to describe VF representors on OVS-based
+    switches, as featured in Linux kernel 4.8 and later. This port profile can
+    currently be used with Agilio OVS networks. It is intended to be flexible
+    enough to be used by multiple vendors.