diff --git a/manifests/broker.pp b/manifests/broker.pp
index ababc237d0ed289b7df4c1a114c60af29514ad96..ae5a7118405ddddb71e9b1c85b598bcecbe19d28 100644
--- a/manifests/broker.pp
+++ b/manifests/broker.pp
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class aes::broker {
     revision => $server_type,
     owner    => $broker_user,
     group    => $broker_group,
-    notify   => 'compile-broker-repo',
+    notify   => Exec['compile-broker-repo'],
   }
 
   exec { 'compile-broker-repo':