diff --git a/ovs/vswitch.go b/ovs/vswitch.go
index 181ced2..2c3ba22 100644
--- a/ovs/vswitch.go
+++ b/ovs/vswitch.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ package ovs
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -202,6 +204,17 @@ func (v *VSwitchSetService) Bridge(bridge string, options BridgeOptions) error {
 type BridgeOptions struct {
 	// Protocols specifies the OpenFlow protocols the bridge should use.
 	Protocols []string
+
+	// HWAddr specifies the MAC address to be assigned to the bridge.
+	HWAddr string
+
+	// STP defines if the spanning tree protocol is to be enabled on the bridge. A
+	// nil value here will not change the STP config of the bridge.
+	STP *bool
+
+	// Other defines bridge config options not otherwise present in this package
+	// but available in ovs such as rstp options (e.g. `rstp_enable=false`).
+	Other []string
 }
 
 // slice creates a string slice containing any non-zero option values from the
@@ -213,7 +226,15 @@ func (o BridgeOptions) slice() []string {
 		s = append(s, fmt.Sprintf("protocols=%s", strings.Join(o.Protocols, ",")))
 	}
 
-	return s
+	if hw, err := net.ParseMAC(o.HWAddr); err == nil {
+		s = append(s, fmt.Sprintf("other-config:hwaddr=%s", hw.String()))
+	}
+
+	if o.STP != nil {
+		s = append(s, fmt.Sprintf("stp_enable=%s", strconv.FormatBool(*o.STP)))
+	}
+
+	return append(s, o.Other...)
 }
 
 // Interface sets configuration for an interface using the values from an
diff --git a/ovs/vswitch_test.go b/ovs/vswitch_test.go
index 8298537..0c81d4a 100644
--- a/ovs/vswitch_test.go
+++ b/ovs/vswitch_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -461,7 +462,7 @@ func TestClientVSwitchGetBridgeProtocolsOK(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestClientVSwitchSetBridgeProtocolsOK(t *testing.T) {
+func TestClientVSwitchSetBridgeOptionsOK(t *testing.T) {
 	const bridge = "br0"
 	protocols := []string{
 		ProtocolOpenFlow10,
@@ -471,6 +472,9 @@ func TestClientVSwitchSetBridgeProtocolsOK(t *testing.T) {
 		ProtocolOpenFlow14,
 		ProtocolOpenFlow15,
 	}
+	hwaddr := "55:84:a3:2f:d3:20"
+	stp := true
+	other := []string{"rstp_enable=false"}
 
 	c := testClient([]OptionFunc{Timeout(1)}, func(cmd string, args ...string) ([]byte, error) {
 		if want, got := "ovs-vsctl", cmd; want != got {
@@ -484,7 +488,10 @@ func TestClientVSwitchSetBridgeProtocolsOK(t *testing.T) {
 			"bridge",
 			bridge,
 			fmt.Sprintf("protocols=%s", strings.Join(protocols, ",")),
+			fmt.Sprintf("other-config:hwaddr=%s", hwaddr),
+			fmt.Sprintf("stp_enable=%s", strconv.FormatBool(stp)),
 		}
+		wantArgs = append(wantArgs, other...)
 		if want, got := wantArgs, args; !reflect.DeepEqual(want, got) {
 			t.Fatalf("incorrect arguments\n- want: %v\n-  got: %v",
 				want, got)
@@ -495,6 +502,9 @@ func TestClientVSwitchSetBridgeProtocolsOK(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err := c.VSwitch.Set.Bridge(bridge, BridgeOptions{
 		Protocols: protocols,
+		HWAddr:    hwaddr,
+		STP:       &stp,
+		Other:     other,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error for Client.VSwitch.Set.Bridge: %v", err)