diff --git a/libvirt/lib/facter/libvirt.rb b/libvirt/lib/facter/libvirt.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38ca885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libvirt/lib/facter/libvirt.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+Facter.add(:libvirt_activedomains) do
+    confine :kernel => :linux
+    setcode do
+        begin
+            require 'libvirt'
+            conn = Libvirt::open_read_only('qemu:///system')
+            doms = Array.new
+            conn.list_domains.each do |domid|
+                dom = conn.lookup_domain_by_id(domid)
+                doms << dom.name
+            end
+            conn.close
+            doms.sort.join(',')
+        rescue LoadError
+            Facter.debug('ruby-libvirt not available')
+        rescue Exception
+            Facter.debug('libvirt connection failed')
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+Facter.add(:libvirt_inactivedomains) do
+    confine :kernel => :linux
+    setcode do
+        begin
+            require 'libvirt'
+            conn = Libvirt::open_read_only('qemu:///system')
+            doms = Array.new
+            conn.list_defined_domains.each do |domname|
+                doms << domname
+            end
+            conn.close
+            doms.sort.join(',')
+        rescue LoadError
+            Facter.debug('ruby-libvirt not available')
+        rescue Exception
+            Facter.debug('libvirt connection failed')
+        end
+    end
+end
diff --git a/libvirt/manifests/init.pp b/libvirt/manifests/init.pp
index 9d131c9..503b0e7 100644
--- a/libvirt/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/libvirt/manifests/init.pp
@@ -80,5 +80,9 @@ class libvirt::kvm inherits libvirt::client {
         enable => true,
     }
 
+    package { "ruby-libvirt":
+        ensure => installed,
+    }
+
 }