diff --git a/mythtv/manifests/init.pp b/mythtv/manifests/init.pp
index 6081f97..8a26629 100644
--- a/mythtv/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/mythtv/manifests/init.pp
@@ -62,6 +62,36 @@ class mythtv::backend {
         require => Package["mythtv-backend"],
     }
 
+    file { "/etc/mythtv/.mythtv":
+        ensure => directory,
+        mode   => "0755",
+        owner  => "root",
+        group  => "root",
+    }
+    file { "/etc/mythtv/.mythtv/mysql.txt":
+        ensure  => link,
+        target  => "../mysql.txt",
+        owner   => "root",
+        group   => "root",
+        require => [
+          File["/etc/mythtv/mysql.txt"],
+          File["/etc/mythtv/.mythtv"],
+        ],
+        before  => Service["mythbackend"],
+    }
+    file { "/etc/mythtv/.mythtv/config.xml":
+        ensure  => link,
+        target  => "../config.xml",
+        owner   => "root",
+        group   => "root",
+        require => [
+          File["/etc/mythtv/config.xml"],
+          File["/etc/mythtv/.mythtv"],
+        ],
+        before  => Service["mythbackend"],
+    }
+
+
     file { "/etc/sysconfig/mythbackend":
         ensure  => present,
         source  => "puppet:///modules/mythtv/mythbackend",