diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index 7ff862a9..91f66976 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -480,6 +480,8 @@ class barbican::api (
         enable => false,
         tag    => 'barbican-service',
       }
+      Service <| title == 'httpd' |> { tag +> 'barbican-service' }
+
       # we need to make sure barbican-api is stopped before trying to start apache
       Service['barbican-api'] -> Service[$service_name]
     }