diff --git a/ovn/northd/ovn-northd.c b/ovn/northd/ovn-northd.c
index a1ad34c..e199937 100644
--- a/ovn/northd/ovn-northd.c
+++ b/ovn/northd/ovn-northd.c
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ enum ovn_stage {
 #undef PIPELINE_STAGE
 };
 
+/* Due to various hard-coded priorities need to implement ACLs, the
+ * northbound database supports a smaller range of ACL priorities than
+ * are available to logical flows.  This value is added to an ACL
+ * priority to determine the ACL's logical flow priority. */
+#define OVN_ACL_PRI_OFFSET 1000
+
 /* Returns an "enum ovn_stage" built from the arguments. */
 static enum ovn_stage
 ovn_stage_build(enum ovn_datapath_type dp_type, enum ovn_pipeline pipeline,
@@ -1056,7 +1062,8 @@ build_acls(struct ovn_datapath *od, struct hmap *lflows)
              * may and then its return traffic would not have an
              * associated conntrack entry and would return "+invalid". */
             const char *actions = has_stateful ? "ct_commit; next;" : "next;";
-            ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, stage, acl->priority,
+            ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, stage,
+                          acl->priority + OVN_ACL_PRI_OFFSET,
                           acl->match, actions);
         } else if (!strcmp(acl->action, "allow-related")) {
             struct ds match = DS_EMPTY_INITIALIZER;
@@ -1065,17 +1072,20 @@ build_acls(struct ovn_datapath *od, struct hmap *lflows)
              * other traffic related to this entry to flow due to the
              * 65535 priority flow defined earlier. */
             ds_put_format(&match, "ct.new && (%s)", acl->match);
-            ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, stage, acl->priority,
+            ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, stage,
+                          acl->priority + OVN_ACL_PRI_OFFSET,
                           ds_cstr(&match), "ct_commit; next;");
 
             ds_destroy(&match);
         } else if (!strcmp(acl->action, "drop")) {
-            ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, stage, acl->priority,
+            ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, stage,
+                          acl->priority + OVN_ACL_PRI_OFFSET,
                           acl->match, "drop;");
         } else if (!strcmp(acl->action, "reject")) {
             /* xxx Need to support "reject". */
             VLOG_INFO("reject is not a supported action");
-            ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, stage, acl->priority,
+            ovn_lflow_add(lflows, od, stage,
+                          acl->priority + OVN_ACL_PRI_OFFSET,
                           acl->match, "drop;");
         }
     }
diff --git a/ovn/ovn-nb.ovsschema b/ovn/ovn-nb.ovsschema
index d45a682..3921e98 100644
--- a/ovn/ovn-nb.ovsschema
+++ b/ovn/ovn-nb.ovsschema
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "OVN_Northbound",
     "version": "2.0.0",
-    "cksum": "4186002454 4601",
+    "cksum": "3039293926 4601",
     "tables": {
         "Logical_Switch": {
             "columns": {
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
         "ACL": {
             "columns": {
                 "priority": {"type": {"key": {"type": "integer",
-                                              "minInteger": 1,
-                                              "maxInteger": 65534}}},
+                                              "minInteger": 0,
+                                              "maxInteger": 32767}}},
                 "direction": {"type": {"key": {"type": "string",
                                             "enum": ["set", ["from-lport", "to-lport"]]}}},
                 "match": {"type": "string"},
diff --git a/ovn/ovn-nb.xml b/ovn/ovn-nb.xml
index 0bfb587..b6eef03 100644
--- a/ovn/ovn-nb.xml
+++ b/ovn/ovn-nb.xml
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
       column="action"/> column for the highest-<ref column="priority"/>
       matching row in this table determines a packet's treatment.  If no row
       matches, packets are allowed by default.  (Default-deny treatment is
-      possible: add a rule with <ref column="priority"/> 1, <code>1</code> as
+      possible: add a rule with <ref column="priority"/> 0, <code>0</code> as
       <ref column="match"/>, and <code>deny</code> as <ref column="action"/>.)
     </p>
 
diff --git a/ovn/utilities/ovn-nbctl.c b/ovn/utilities/ovn-nbctl.c
index aac4c27..947c58c 100644
--- a/ovn/utilities/ovn-nbctl.c
+++ b/ovn/utilities/ovn-nbctl.c
@@ -947,8 +947,8 @@ nbctl_acl_add(struct ctl_context *ctx)
     }
 
     /* Validate priority. */
-    if (!ovs_scan(ctx->argv[3], "%"SCNd64, &priority) || priority < 1
-        || priority > 65535) {
+    if (!ovs_scan(ctx->argv[3], "%"SCNd64, &priority) || priority < 0
+        || priority > 32767) {
         VLOG_WARN("Invalid priority '%s'", ctx->argv[3]);
         return;
     }
@@ -1035,8 +1035,8 @@ nbctl_acl_del(struct ctl_context *ctx)
     }
 
     /* Validate priority. */
-    if (!ovs_scan(ctx->argv[3], "%"SCNd64, &priority) || priority < 1
-        || priority > 65535) {
+    if (!ovs_scan(ctx->argv[3], "%"SCNd64, &priority) || priority < 0
+        || priority > 32767) {
         VLOG_WARN("Invalid priority '%s'", ctx->argv[3]);
         return;
     }
