diff --git a/mythtv/manifests/init.pp b/mythtv/manifests/init.pp
index 8a26629..0f3d9e9 100644
--- a/mythtv/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/mythtv/manifests/init.pp
@@ -63,10 +63,11 @@ class mythtv::backend {
     }
 
     file { "/etc/mythtv/.mythtv":
-        ensure => directory,
-        mode   => "0755",
-        owner  => "root",
-        group  => "root",
+        ensure  => directory,
+        mode    => "0755",
+        owner   => "root",
+        group   => "root",
+        require => Package["mythtv-backend"],
     }
     file { "/etc/mythtv/.mythtv/mysql.txt":
         ensure  => link,