diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/a2mod.rb b/lib/puppet/type/a2mod.rb
index 0a1c8eb..617e4fc 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/a2mod.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/a2mod.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Puppet::Type.newtype(:a2mod) do
     @doc = "Manage Apache 2 modules on Debian and Ubuntu"
- 
+
     ensurable
 
     newparam(:name) do
@@ -8,5 +8,9 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:a2mod) do
 
        isnamevar
 
-    end 
+    end
+
+    autorequire(:package) { catalog.resource(:package, 'httpd')}
+
+    end
 end