diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index bc76011..454bd25 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -26,23 +26,30 @@
 #   to use HTTPS. Default is false. We recommend using a reverse proxy 
 #   with SSL termination in front of the Nagios web interface, so this is 
 #   disabled by default. 
+# @param [String] ng_event_broker_module The event broker module to be used in
+#   the Nagios configuration. Default is an empty string, which means no event
+#   broker module will be configured. You can specify a module like 'mod_gearman'
+#   to enable the Gearman event broker module, for example.
 ###############################################################################
 class confdroid_nagios::params (
 
 # main
-  String $ng_nagios_server     = 'nagios.example.net',
-  Array $ng_reqpackages_server = ['nagios','nagios-devel'],
-  Array $ng_reqpackages_client = ['net-snmp-utils','nagios-plugins','nagios-plugins-all','nagios-plugins-nrpe','nagios-common'],
-  String $ng_pkg_ensure        = 'present',
-  Boolean $ng_include_nrpe     = true,
+  String $ng_nagios_server          = 'nagios.example.net',
+  Array $ng_reqpackages_server      = ['nagios','nagios-devel'],
+  Array $ng_reqpackages_client      = ['net-snmp-utils','nagios-plugins','nagios-plugins-all','nagios-plugins-nrpe','nagios-common'],
+  String $ng_pkg_ensure             = 'present',
+  Boolean $ng_include_nrpe          = true,
 
 # user
-  String $ng_user              = 'nagios',
-  String $ng_u_comment         = 'Nagios User',
-  String $ng_u_groups          = 'nagios',
-  String $ng_u_shell           = '/sbin/nologin',
-  String $ng_u_home            = '/home/nagios',
-  Integer $ng_u_uid            = 1004,
+  String $ng_user                   = 'nagios',
+  String $ng_u_comment              = 'Nagios User',
+  String $ng_u_groups               = 'nagios',
+  String $ng_u_shell                = '/sbin/nologin',
+  String $ng_u_home                 = '/home/nagios',
+  Integer $ng_u_uid                 = 1004,
+
+# nagios_cfg settings
+  String $ng_event_broker_module     = '',
 
 # httpd
   Boolean $ng_use_https       = false,