diff --git a/sendmail/manifests/init.pp b/sendmail/manifests/init.pp
index c965108..96bb876 100644
--- a/sendmail/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/sendmail/manifests/init.pp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class sendmail::common {
                 owner   => "root",
                 group   => "root",
                 mode    => "0644",
+                require => Package["sendmail"],
                 notify  => Service["sendmail"],
             }
             $cabundle = "/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt"