diff --git a/manifests/auth.pp b/manifests/auth.pp
index d4eb56adc627d66d61444ea1bec9bed8b8896941..de117eb5cbf6889f5a06a042084d09e415c4a0c0 100644
--- a/manifests/auth.pp
+++ b/manifests/auth.pp
@@ -93,10 +93,11 @@ class aes::auth(
   }
 
   file { "${auth_home}/keys/kerberos.keytab" :
-    ensure => file,
-    owner  => root,
-    group  => "${auth_group}",
-    mode   => "0640"
+    ensure  => file,
+    owner   => root,
+    group   => "${auth_group}",
+    mode    => "0640",
+    content => "$keytab"
   }
 
   exec { 'update-auth-repo' :