diff --git a/bindata/network/openshift-sdn/sdn-ovs.yaml b/bindata/network/openshift-sdn/sdn-ovs.yaml
index 00c1c43623..ae639d9ac5 100644
--- a/bindata/network/openshift-sdn/sdn-ovs.yaml
+++ b/bindata/network/openshift-sdn/sdn-ovs.yaml
@@ -62,8 +62,14 @@ spec:
             if [[ ! -S /run/openvswitch/db.sock ]]; then
               systemctl_restart ovsdb-server
             fi
+            # We need to explicitly exit on SIGTERM, see https://github.com/openshift/cluster-dns-operator/issues/65
+            function quit {
+                exit 0
+            }
+            trap quit SIGTERM
             # Don't need to worry about restoring flows; this can only change if we've rebooted
-            exec tail -F /host/var/log/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.log /host/var/log/openvswitch/ovsdb-server.log
+            tail --pid=$BASHPID -F /host/var/log/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.log /host/var/log/openvswitch/ovsdb-server.log &
+            wait
           else
 
             echo "openvswitch is running in container"
diff --git a/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/006-ovs-node.yaml b/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/006-ovs-node.yaml
index 3c7065db90..027d28af6e 100644
--- a/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/006-ovs-node.yaml
+++ b/bindata/network/ovn-kubernetes/006-ovs-node.yaml
@@ -75,12 +75,19 @@ spec:
             if [[ ! -S /run/openvswitch/db.sock ]]; then
               systemctl_restart ovsdb-server
             fi
+            # We need to explicitly exit on SIGTERM, see https://github.com/openshift/cluster-dns-operator/issues/65
+            function quit {
+                exit 0
+            }
+            trap quit SIGTERM
             # Don't need to worry about restoring flows; this can only change if we've rebooted
-            exec tail -F /host/var/log/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.log /host/var/log/openvswitch/ovsdb-server.log
+            tail --pid=$BASHPID -F /host/var/log/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.log /host/var/log/openvswitch/ovsdb-server.log &
+            wait
           else
             echo "$(date -Iseconds) - starting ovs-daemons"
             chown -R openvswitch:openvswitch /run/openvswitch
             chown -R openvswitch:openvswitch /etc/openvswitch
+            # We need to explicitly exit on SIGTERM, see https://github.com/openshift/cluster-dns-operator/issues/65
             function quit {
                 # Don't allow ovs-vswitchd to clear datapath flows on exit
                 kill -9 $(cat /var/run/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.pid 2>/dev/null) 2>/dev/null || true