diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 7da090307edfa883d72c96023c68b97b13e9c245..6ebfc2a38e33c03b1ce2f0ff9104faad16753fe8 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #   include easybuild
 class easybuild (
   String $arch = $easybuild::params::arch,
-) {
+) inherits easybuild::params {
 
   file { '/etc/easybuild.d':
     ensure => 'directory',