diff --git a/manifests/plugin/puppetdb.pp b/manifests/plugin/puppetdb.pp
index d33fc3b99..0eb8117d2 100644
--- a/manifests/plugin/puppetdb.pp
+++ b/manifests/plugin/puppetdb.pp
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 #
 # $ssl_private_key::   Private key file which will be used to connect to the PuppetDB API.
 #                      Defaults to client_ssl_key
+#
+# $api_version::       PuppetDB API version.
+#                      Defaults to '4'
 class foreman::plugin::puppetdb (
   String $package = $::foreman::plugin::puppetdb::params::package,
   Stdlib::HTTPUrl $address = $::foreman::plugin::puppetdb::params::address,
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@
   String $ssl_ca_file = $::foreman::plugin::puppetdb::params::ssl_ca_file,
   String $ssl_certificate = $::foreman::plugin::puppetdb::params::ssl_certificate,
   String $ssl_private_key = $::foreman::plugin::puppetdb::params::ssl_private_key,
+  Enum['1', '3', '4'] $api_version = '4',
 ) inherits foreman::plugin::puppetdb::params {
   foreman::plugin { 'puppetdb':
     package => $package,
@@ -49,4 +53,7 @@
   -> foreman_config_entry { 'puppetdb_ssl_private_key':
     value => $ssl_private_key,
   }
+  -> foreman_config_entry { 'puppetdb_api_version':
+    value => $api_version,
+  }
 }