diff --git a/ldap/manifests/init.pp b/ldap/manifests/init.pp
index 45a16b9..a28ee40 100644
--- a/ldap/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/ldap/manifests/init.pp
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ class ldap::server {
                 command => "usermod -a -G ssl-cert openldap",
                 unless  => "id -n -G openldap | grep '\\bssl-cert\\b'",
                 require => Package["openldap-server"],
-                before  => Service["slapd"],
+                before  => Exec["slaptest"],
             }
         }
         "fedora": {
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ class ldap::server {
             default   => "root",
         },
         require => Package["openldap-server"],
-        notify  => Service["slapd"],
+        notify  => Exec["slaptest"],
     }
     file { "${ssl::private}/slapd.key":
         ensure  => present,
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ class ldap::server {
         owner   => "root",
         group   => $group,
         require => Package["openldap-server"],
-        notify  => Service["slapd"],
+        notify  => Exec["slaptest"],
     }
 
     file { "/etc/openldap/cacerts":
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ class ldap::server {
         cwd     => "/etc/openldap/cacerts",
         onlyif  => "find /etc/openldap/cacerts ! -newer /etc/openldap/ca-certificates.crt | egrep '.*' || [ -z \"`ls /etc/openldap/cacerts`\" ]",
         require => File["/etc/openldap/cacerts"],
-        before  => Service["slapd"],
+        before  => Exec["slaptest"],
     }
 
     file { "slapd.conf":
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ class ldap::server {
         mode    => "0640",
         owner   => "root",
         group   => $group,
-        notify  => Service["slapd"],
+        notify  => Exec["slaptest"],
         require => Package["openldap-server"],
     }
     file { "${config}/slapd.conf.d":
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ class ldap::server {
                     mode    => "0644",
                     owner   => "root",
                     group   => "root",
-                    notify  => Service["slapd"],
+                    notify  => Exec["slaptest"],
                     require => Package["openldap-server"],
                 }
             }
@@ -495,12 +495,20 @@ class ldap::server {
                 mode    => "0644",
                 owner   => "root",
                 group   => "root",
-                notify  => Service["slapd"],
+                notify  => Exec["slaptest"],
                 require => Package["openldap-server"],
             }
         }
     }
 
+    exec { "slaptest":
+        command     => "slaptest",
+        path        => "/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin",
+        refreshonly => true,
+        require     => File["${config}/slapd.conf.d"],
+        notify      => Service["slapd"],
+    }
+
     service { "slapd":
         name    => $service_name,
         start   => $::operatingsystem ? {
@@ -509,7 +517,7 @@ class ldap::server {
         },
         ensure  => running,
         enable  => true,
-        require => Package ["openldap-server"]
+        require => Package["openldap-server"]
     }
 
     if $ldap_datadir {
@@ -578,7 +586,7 @@ class ldap::server {
         path        => "/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin",
         refreshonly => true,
         require     => File["${config}/slapd.conf.d"],
-        notify      => Service["slapd"],
+        notify      => Exec["slaptest"],
     }
     ldap::server::schema { [ "core", "cosine", "ppolicy", ]:
         idx => 10,
@@ -590,13 +598,13 @@ class ldap::server {
         owner   => "root",
         group   => $group,
         require => Exec["generate-slapd-database-config"],
-        notify  => Service["slapd"],
+        notify  => Exec["slaptest"],
     }
     exec { "generate-slapd-database-config":
         command     => "find ${config}/slapd.conf.d/db.*.conf -exec echo 'include {}' \\; > ${config}/slapd.conf.d/database.conf",
         path        => "/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin",
         refreshonly => true,
-        notify      => Service["slapd"],
+        notify      => Exec["slaptest"],
     }
 
 }
@@ -654,7 +662,7 @@ define ldap::server::database($aclsource = "", $master = "", $syncpw = "", $modu
         mode    => "0640",
         owner   => "root",
         group   => $ldap::server::group,
-        notify  => Service["slapd"],
+        notify  => Exec["slaptest"],
     }
 
     file { "${ldap::server::config}/slapd.conf.d/index.${name}.conf":
@@ -665,7 +673,7 @@ define ldap::server::database($aclsource = "", $master = "", $syncpw = "", $modu
         mode    => "0640",
         owner   => "root",
         group   => $ldap::server::group,
-        notify  => Service["slapd"],
+        notify  => Exec["slaptest"],
     }
 
     file { "/srv/ldap/${name}":
@@ -690,7 +698,7 @@ define ldap::server::database($aclsource = "", $master = "", $syncpw = "", $modu
         },
         seltype => "slapd_db_t",
         require => File["/srv/ldap/${name}"],
-        before  => Service["slapd"],
+        before  => Exec["slaptest"],
     }
 
 }