diff --git a/vtep/vtep.ovsschema b/vtep/vtep.ovsschema
index e409d8d56e8..3a24318ee13 100644
--- a/vtep/vtep.ovsschema
+++ b/vtep/vtep.ovsschema
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "hardware_vtep",
-  "cksum": "4127261095 11302",
+  "cksum": "353943336 11434",
   "tables": {
     "Global": {
       "columns": {
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
                    "min": 0, "max": "unlimited"}},
         "switches": {
           "type": {"key": {"type": "uuid", "refTable": "Physical_Switch"},
+                   "min": 0, "max": "unlimited"}},
+        "other_config": {
+          "type": {"key": "string", "value": "string",
                    "min": 0, "max": "unlimited"}}
       },
       "maxRows": 1,
@@ -301,4 +304,4 @@
           "ephemeral": true}},
       "indexes": [["target"]],
       "isRoot": false}},
-  "version": "1.6.0"}
+  "version": "1.7.0"}
diff --git a/vtep/vtep.xml b/vtep/vtep.xml
index ad014ab5d91..62075ca882d 100644
--- a/vtep/vtep.xml
+++ b/vtep/vtep.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@
         table for more information.
       </column>
     </group>
+
+    <group title="Common Column">
+      The overall purpose of this column is described under <code>Common
+      Column</code> at the beginning of this document.
+
+      <column name="other_config"/>
+    </group>
+
   </table>
 
   <table name="Manager" title="OVSDB management connection.">