diff --git a/manifests/migration/libvirt.pp b/manifests/migration/libvirt.pp
index a85e8e60d..6fbbea625 100644
--- a/manifests/migration/libvirt.pp
+++ b/manifests/migration/libvirt.pp
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ class nova::migration::libvirt(
     if ! $::libvirt_uuid {
       $host_uuid = generate('/bin/cat', '/proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid')
       file { '/etc/libvirt/libvirt_uuid':
-        content => $host_uuid
+        content => $host_uuid,
+        require => Package['libvirt'],
       }
     } else {
       $host_uuid = $::libvirt_uuid
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_migration_libvirt_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_migration_libvirt_spec.rb
index f1db09526..0e8864349 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_migration_libvirt_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_migration_libvirt_spec.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ describe 'nova::migration::libvirt' do
         }
       end
 
+      it { is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/libvirt/libvirt_uuid').with({
+        :content => '0000-111-111',
+      }).that_requires('Package[libvirt]') }
+
       it { is_expected.to contain_augeas('libvirt-conf-uuid').with({
         :context => '/files/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf',
         :changes => [ "set host_uuid 0000-111-111" ],