diff --git a/manifests/worker.pp b/manifests/worker.pp
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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2018 Binero
+#
+# Author: Tobias Urdin <tobias.urdin@binero.se>
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+# == Class: barbican::worker
+#
+# Manage the barbican-worker package and service.
+#
+# === Parameters
+#
+# [*package_ensure*]
+#   (Optional) The state of the barbican-worker package.
+#   Defaults to 'present'
+#
+# [*manage_service*]
+#   (Optional) If we should manage the barbican-worker service.
+#   Defaults to true
+#
+# [*enabled*]
+#   (Optional) Whether to enable the barbican-worker service.
+#   Defaults to true
+#
+class barbican::worker (
+  $package_ensure = 'present',
+  $manage_service = true,
+  $enabled        = true,
+) inherits barbican::params {
+
+  include ::barbican::deps
+
+  package { 'barbican-worker':
+    ensure => $package_ensure,
+    name   => $::barbican::params::worker_package_name,
+    tag    => ['openstack', 'barbican-package'],
+  }
+
+  if $manage_service {
+    if $enabled {
+      $service_ensure = 'running'
+    } else {
+      $service_ensure = 'stopped'
+    }
+
+    service { 'barbican-worker':
+      ensure     => $service_ensure,
+      name       => $::barbican::params::worker_service_name,
+      enable     => $enabled,
+      hasstatus  => true,
+      hasrestart => true,
+      tag        => 'barbican-service',
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/worker-class-a35a35e71399695f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/worker-class-a35a35e71399695f.yaml
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+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Added new class barbican::worker which can be used to manage the package
+    and service for the barbican-worker.
diff --git a/spec/classes/barbican_worker_spec.rb b/spec/classes/barbican_worker_spec.rb
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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2018 Binero
+#
+# Author: Tobias Urdin <tobias.urdin@binero.se>
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'barbican::worker' do
+  let :params do
+    {}
+  end
+
+  shared_examples 'barbican::worker' do
+    context 'with default parameters' do
+      it { should contain_package('barbican-worker').with(
+        :ensure => 'present',
+        :name   => platform_params[:worker_package_name],
+        :tag    => ['openstack', 'barbican-package']
+      )}
+
+      it { should contain_service('barbican-worker').with(
+        :ensure     => 'running',
+        :name       => platform_params[:worker_service_name],
+        :enable     => true,
+        :hasstatus  => true,
+        :hasrestart => true,
+        :tag        => 'barbican-service'
+      )}
+    end
+
+    context 'with package_ensure set to absent' do
+      before do
+        params.merge!( :package_ensure => 'absent' )
+      end
+
+      it { should contain_package('barbican-worker').with_ensure('absent') }
+    end
+
+    context 'with manage_service set to false' do
+      before do
+        params.merge!( :manage_service => false )
+      end
+
+      it { should contain_package('barbican-worker').with_ensure('present') }
+      it { should_not contain_service('barbican-worker') }
+    end
+
+    context 'with enabled set to false' do
+      before do
+        params.merge!( :enabled => false )
+      end
+
+      it { should contain_package('barbican-worker').with_ensure('present') }
+      it { should contain_service('barbican-worker').with_enable(false) }
+    end
+  end
+
+  on_supported_os({
+    :supported_os => OSDefaults.get_supported_os
+  }).each do |os,facts|
+    context "on #{os}" do
+      let (:facts) do
+        facts.merge(OSDefaults.get_facts())
+      end
+
+      case facts[:osfamily]
+      when 'RedHat'
+        let (:platform_params) do
+          {
+            :worker_package_name => 'openstack-barbican-worker',
+            :worker_service_name => 'openstack-barbican-worker'
+          }
+        end
+      when 'Debian'
+        let (:platform_params) do
+          {
+            :worker_package_name => 'barbican-worker',
+            :worker_service_name => 'barbican-worker'
+          }
+        end
+      end
+
+      it_behaves_like 'barbican::worker'
+    end
+  end
+end