diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 621810a47a75ff1ced1119ba8366621918b88d6f..e8dc3f0cb10bfc05a0695b8c38ce5e1947262ad3 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -5,4 +5,12 @@
 # @example
 #   include easybuild
 class easybuild {
+  file { '/etc/easybuild.d':
+    ensure => 'directory',
+  }
+  file { '/etc/easybuild.d/config.cfg':
+    ensure  => 'present',
+    source  => 'puppet:///modules/easybuild/config.cfg',
+    require => File['/etc/easybuild.d'],
+  }
 }