diff --git a/manifests/include_file.pp b/manifests/include_file.pp
index ce29992d91ff222c74a007fada58c03dbddc39b5..37c805b1df82ec61b52c5cbd00bd3d55b043b0a8 100644
--- a/manifests/include_file.pp
+++ b/manifests/include_file.pp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2014-2022 Thomas Bellman.
+# Copyright (C) 2014-2024 Thomas Bellman.
 # Licensed under the GNU LGPL v3+; see the README file for more information.
 
 
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 define apache::include_file(
 	# The content/source of the include file.  These two parameters
 	# have the same meaning as in the file type.  Exactly one of them
-	# must be specified when the ensure parameter is set to 'present'.
+	# must be specified when the ensure parameter is set to 'present'
+	# or 'noinclude'.
 	#
 	$content	= undef,
 	$source		= undef,
@@ -35,6 +36,12 @@ define apache::include_file(
 	#	    useful if the file should be included from another include
 	#	    file.
 	#
+	#  - 'onlyinclude'
+	#	    Create the Include directive in the main httpd.conf file,
+	#	    but do not manage the actual file.  This is useful if the
+	#	    file is managed in some other way (e.g. being installed
+	#	    from an RPM package).
+	#
 	$ensure		= 'present'
 )
 {
@@ -59,6 +66,9 @@ define apache::include_file(
 		    ensure => absent, notify => Class[apache::service];
 	    }
 	}
+	'onlyinclude': {
+	    # Nothing to do here
+	}
 	default: {
 	    fail("Apache::Include_file[${title}]: ",
 		 "Bad parameter ensure: ${ensure}")
@@ -67,10 +77,14 @@ define apache::include_file(
 
     case $ensure
     {
-	'present': {
+	'present', 'onlyinclude': {
 	    # Put the Include directive in place after the included file; if
 	    # the machine reboots in the middle, we do not want to needlessly
 	    # hose up the Apache service.
+	    $filerequire = $ensure ? {
+		'present' => File[$includefile],
+		'onlyinclude' => [],
+	    }
 	    ensure_line {
 		"apache::include_file::include::${name}":
 		    file => $apache::configfile,
@@ -78,7 +92,7 @@ define apache::include_file(
 		    addhow => append,
 		    require => [
 			Regexp_replace_lines['apache::base::no_include_all'],
-			File[$includefile]
+			$filerequire,
 		    ],
 		    notify => Class[apache::service];
 	    }