diff --git a/nagios/manifests/init.pp b/nagios/manifests/init.pp
index 33fc9c9..a2897b5 100644
--- a/nagios/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/nagios/manifests/init.pp
@@ -84,9 +84,10 @@ class nagios::server::manual inherits nagios::common {
     }
 
     service { "nagios":
-        name   => $service,
-        ensure => running,
-        enable => true,
+        name      => $service,
+        ensure    => running,
+        enable    => true,
+        hasstatus => true,
     }
 
     apache::configfile { "nagios.conf":