diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index 686b698d..221bd1d7 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -523,6 +523,8 @@ the future release. Please use barbican::api::package_ensure instead.")
         enable => false,
         tag    => 'barbican-service',
       }
+      Service <| title == 'httpd' |> { tag +> 'barbican-service' }
+
       # we need to make sure barbican-api is stopped before trying to start apache
       Service['barbican-api'] -> Service[$service_name]
     }