diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index e0dab2d..81738a0 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 # @param [String] ng_u_shell The login shell for the Nagios user. Default is '/sbin/nologin'.
 # @param [String] ng_u_home The home directory for the Nagios user. Default is '/home/nagios'.
 # @param [Integer] ng_u_uid The user ID for the Nagios user. Default is 1004. 
+# @param [Boolean] ng_include_nrpe Whether to include the NRPE client on the 
+#   Nagios clients. Default is true.
 ###############################################################################
 class confdroid_nagios::params (
 
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ class confdroid_nagios::params (
   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',