diff --git a/puppet/lib/puppet/provider/service/openbsd.rb b/puppet/lib/puppet/provider/service/openbsd.rb
index 4cbae15..f2fcd62 100644
--- a/puppet/lib/puppet/provider/service/openbsd.rb
+++ b/puppet/lib/puppet/provider/service/openbsd.rb
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:service).provide :openbsd, :parent => :base do
 
     def rcvar_local
         name = @resource[:name]
-        File.open(rcconf_local).each do |line|
-            if line =~ /^#{name}(_flags)?=/
-                line = line.sub(/#.*/, "")
-                return line.strip.split("=", 2)
+        if File.file?(rcconf_local)
+            File.open(rcconf_local).each do |line|
+                if line =~ /^#{name}(_flags)?=/
+                    line = line.sub(/#.*/, "")
+                    return line.strip.split("=", 2)
+                end
             end
         end
         nil
@@ -52,9 +54,11 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:service).provide :openbsd, :parent => :base do
     end
 
     def pkg_scripts
-        File.open(rcconf_local).each do |line|
-            if line =~ /^pkg_scripts=/
-                return line.strip.gsub(/pkg_scripts="?([^"]*)"?/, '\1').split
+        if File.file?(rcconf_local)
+            File.open(rcconf_local).each do |line|
+                if line =~ /^pkg_scripts=/
+                    return line.strip.gsub(/pkg_scripts="?([^"]*)"?/, '\1').split
+                end
             end
         end
         Array.new
@@ -84,9 +88,11 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:service).provide :openbsd, :parent => :base do
         start = @resource[:start]
         binary = @resource[:binary]
         s = ""
-        File.open(rcconf_local).each do |line|
-            next if line =~ /^(#{rcvar_name}|pkg_scripts)=/
-            s += line
+        if File.file?(rcconf_local)
+            File.open(rcconf_local).each do |line|
+                next if line =~ /^(#{rcvar_name}|pkg_scripts)=/
+                s += line
+            end
         end
         unless start.nil?
             if binary.nil?
@@ -111,9 +117,11 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:service).provide :openbsd, :parent => :base do
         rcvar_name = self.rcvar_name
         pkg_scripts = self.pkg_scripts
         s = ""
-        File.open(rcconf_local).each do |line|
-            next if line =~ /^(#{rcvar_name}|pkg_scripts)=/
-            s += line
+        if File.file?(rcconf_local)
+            File.open(rcconf_local).each do |line|
+                next if line =~ /^(#{rcvar_name}|pkg_scripts)=/
+                s += line
+            end
         end
         s += "%s=NO\n" % rcvar_name unless rcvar.nil?
         pkg_scripts.delete(name)