diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 57e1f2b..f40e7d8 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 ## confdroid_firewall::params.pp
 # Module name: confdroid_firewall
 # Author: 12ww1160 (12ww1160@confdroid.com)
+# @param [Array] fw_req_packages - List of required packages
+# @param [String] fw_pkg_ensure - Ensure state of required packages
 # @summary Class contains all parameters for the confdroid_firewall module.
 ##############################################################################
 class confdroid_firewall::params (
 
+  Array $fw_req_packages  = ['nftables','iptables-nft'],
+  String $fw_pkg_ensure   = 'present',
+
 ) {
 # includes must be last in the class to avoid circular dependencies
   include confdroid_firewall::main::config