diff --git a/manifests/forwarder.pp b/manifests/forwarder.pp
index a973a3ec..31965080 100644
--- a/manifests/forwarder.pp
+++ b/manifests/forwarder.pp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
   $splunkd_listen    = '127.0.0.1',
   $purge_inputs      = false,
   $purge_outputs     = false,
-  $pkg_provider      = undef,
+  $pkg_provider      = $splunk::params::pkg_provider,
   $forwarder_confdir = $splunk::params::forwarder_confdir,
   $forwarder_output  = $splunk::params::forwarder_output,
   $forwarder_input   = $splunk::params::forwarder_input,