diff --git a/manifests/compute/libvirt.pp b/manifests/compute/libvirt.pp
index 390826ae3..c28559c85 100644
--- a/manifests/compute/libvirt.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute/libvirt.pp
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ class nova::compute::libvirt (
     enable   => true,
     name     => $libvirt_service_name,
     provider => $::nova::params::special_service_provider,
+    require  => Package['libvirt'],
   }
 
   nova_config {