diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 62ea1c6..4f38534 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ $ae_autoindex_file  = "${ae_conf_d_dir}/autoindex.conf"
 $ae_autoindex_erb   = 'cd_apache/autoindex_conf.erb'
 $ae_userdir_file    = "${ae_conf_d_dir}/userdir.conf"
 $ae_userdir_erb     = 'cd_apache/userdir_conf.erb'
+$ae_index_file      = '/var/www/html/index.html'
+$ae_index_erb       = 'cd_apache/index_html.erb'
 
 # includes must be last
 
diff --git a/manifests/server/files.pp b/manifests/server/files.pp
index e8cd667..d2915cb 100644
--- a/manifests/server/files.pp
+++ b/manifests/server/files.pp
@@ -93,6 +93,23 @@ class cd_apache::server::files (
       notify    =>  Service['httpd'],
   }
 
+    # manage index.html
+
+    file  { $ae_index_file:
+      ensure    =>  file,
+      path      =>  $ae_index_file,
+      owner     =>  $ae_user_name,
+      group     =>  $ae_user_name,
+      mode      =>  '0644',
+      selrange  =>  s0,
+      selrole   =>  object_r,
+      seltype   =>  httpd_sys_content_t,
+      seluser   =>  system_u,
+      content   =>  template($ae_index_erb),
+      notify    =>  Service['httpd'],
+  }
+
+
     if $ae_allow_user_dirs == true {
 
     # manage userdir.conf
diff --git a/templates/index_html.erb b/templates/index_html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29