diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index c1e99e4a097895bcdf422fc0c327318f0e978687..946d441b8c542e6449e57ac89959a1c71131d34d 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ class aes {
     content => file("${module_name}/anacrontab"),
   }
 
+  # File to easily see when Puppet was last executed.
+  # Ideally, we would like to know if it is devel or production as well.
+  exec { 'touch /var/last_puppet_run' : 
+    cwd => "${opendsa_home}",
+    creates => "/var/last_puppet_run",
+    user => root,
+    group => root,
+  }
+
   ::users::liu_user { 'klaar36':
     commonname => 'Klas Arvidsson',
     shell      => '/bin/bash',