diff --git a/templates/networking_ovn_metadata_agent.ini b/templates/networking_ovn_metadata_agent.ini
index ef76b97..0dab1a2 100644
--- a/templates/networking_ovn_metadata_agent.ini
+++ b/templates/networking_ovn_metadata_agent.ini
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 ###############################################################################
 # [ WARNING ]
 # Configuration file maintained by Juju. Local changes may be overwritten.
-# Configuration managed by neutron-openvswitch charm
+# Configuration managed by neutron-openvswitch or ovn-chassis charm
 ###############################################################################
 [DEFAULT]
+debug = {{ options.debug }}
 metadata_proxy_shared_secret={{ nova_compute.metadata_shared_secret }}
 {% if options.openstack_metadata_workers -%}
 metadata_workers = {{ options.openstack_metadata_workers }}