diff --git a/inetd/manifests/init.pp b/inetd/manifests/init.pp
index 83a3ede..209802a 100644
--- a/inetd/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/inetd/manifests/init.pp
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ define inetd::service($ensure = present) {
         openbsd: {
             exec { "enable-inetd-${name}":
                 command => $ensure ? {
-                    "present" => "ruby -pi -e 'sub(/^#${name}(\\s+)/, \"${name}\\\1\")' /etc/inetd.conf",
-                    "absent"  => "ruby -pi -e 'sub(/^${name}(\\s+)/, \"#${name}\\\1\")' /etc/inetd.conf",
+                    "present" => "ruby -pi -e 'sub(/^#${name}(\\s+)/, \"${name}\\\\1\")' /etc/inetd.conf",
+                    "absent"  => "ruby -pi -e 'sub(/^${name}(\\s+)/, \"#${name}\\\\1\")' /etc/inetd.conf",
                 },
                 unless  => $ensure ? {
                     "present" => "egrep '^tftp[[:space:]]' /etc/inetd.conf",