diff --git a/nagios/manifests/init.pp b/nagios/manifests/init.pp
index fac6ed0..f7f09e8 100644
--- a/nagios/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/nagios/manifests/init.pp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class nagios::common {
             $etcdir = "/etc/nagios"
             $confdir = "${etcdir}/conf.d"
             $private = "${etcdir}/private.d"
+            $htpasswd = "${etcdir}/passwd"
             $package = "nagios"
             $service = "nagios"
             $scriptalias = "/nagios/cgi-bin/"
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ class nagios::common {
             $etcdir = "/etc/nagios3"
             $confdir = "${etcdir}/conf.d"
             $private = "${etcdir}/private.d"
+            $htpasswd = "${etcdir}/htpasswd.users"
             $package = "nagios3"
             $service = "nagios3"
             $scriptalias = "/cgi-bin/nagios3/"
@@ -120,6 +122,15 @@ class nagios::server::manual inherits nagios::common {
         notify  => Service["nagios"],
     }
 
+    file { "/etc/nagios/passwd":
+        name    => $htpasswd,
+        ensure  => present,
+        mode    => "0640",
+        owner   => "root",
+        group   => $apache::sslserver::group,
+        require => Package["nagios"],
+    }
+
     file { "/etc/nagios/conf.d":
         name    => $confdir,
         ensure  => directory,