diff --git a/manifests/main/install.pp b/manifests/main/install.pp
index 02f2ba7..ed50ebc 100644
--- a/manifests/main/install.pp
+++ b/manifests/main/install.pp
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ class confdroid_nagios::main::install (
     package { $ng_reqpackages_client:
       ensure => $ng_pkg_ensure,
     }
+    if $ng_include_nrpe == true {
+      require confdroid_nrpe
+    }
   }
 
   # if we are not the nagios server, install only client packages