diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/gnocchi_config.rb b/lib/puppet/type/gnocchi_config.rb
index 9fbf10c0..acdb0e76 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/gnocchi_config.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/gnocchi_config.rb
@@ -39,4 +39,9 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:gnocchi_config) do
 
     defaultto false
   end
+
+  autorequire(:package) do
+    'gnocchi-api'
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index 86be53de..f21b611f 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ class gnocchi::api(
 
   Gnocchi_config<||> ~> Exec['post-gnocchi_config']
   Gnocchi_config<||> ~> Service['gnocchi-api']
-  Package['gnocchi-api'] -> Gnocchi_config<||>
 
   if $::gnocchi::database_connection {
     if($::gnocchi::database_connection =~ /mysql:\/\/\S+:\S+@\S+\/\S+/) {
diff --git a/spec/unit/type/gnocchi_config_spec.rb b/spec/unit/type/gnocchi_config_spec.rb
index d711b034..64580fe4 100644
--- a/spec/unit/type/gnocchi_config_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/type/gnocchi_config_spec.rb
@@ -49,4 +49,15 @@ describe 'Puppet::Type.type(:gnocchi_config)' do
       @gnocchi_config[:ensure] = :latest
     }.to raise_error(Puppet::Error, /Invalid value/)
   end
+
+  it 'should autorequire the package that install the file' do
+    catalog = Puppet::Resource::Catalog.new
+    package = Puppet::Type.type(:package).new(:name => 'gnocchi-api')
+    catalog.add_resource package, @gnocchi_config
+    dependency = @gnocchi_config.autorequire
+    expect(dependency.size).to eq(1)
+    expect(dependency[0].target).to eq(@gnocchi_config)
+    expect(dependency[0].source).to eq(package)
+  end
+
 end