diff --git a/.fixtures.yml b/.fixtures.yml
index 452ab398..1c0748b2 100644
--- a/.fixtures.yml
+++ b/.fixtures.yml
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@ fixtures:
     'apt':
       repo: 'git://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-apt.git'
       ref:  '1.4.0'
+    'inifile': 'git://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-inifile'
+
   symlinks:
     'ceph': "#{source_dir}"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d4a93a06..3bd683ca 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 *.swp
+*~
+.project
+metadata.json
 spec/fixtures/modules/*
 pkg
 Gemfile.lock
diff --git a/Modulefile b/Modulefile
index 3aaacabe..66046c08 100644
--- a/Modulefile
+++ b/Modulefile
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ summary 'Community Developed Ceph Module'
 description  'Puppet module to install and configure Ceph'
 project_page 'https://launchpad.net/puppet-ceph'
 
+dependency 'puppetlabs/inifile', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0'
 dependency 'puppetlabs/stdlib', '>= 2.5.0'
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/ceph_config/ini_setting.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/ceph_config/ini_setting.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71abca94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/ceph_config/ini_setting.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#   Copyright (C) Dan Bode <bodepd@gmail.com>
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+#
+# Author: Dan Bode <bodepd@gmail.com>
+# Author: Andrew Woodward <xarses>
+
+Puppet::Type.type(:ceph_config).provide(
+  :ini_setting,
+  :parent => Puppet::Type.type(:ini_setting).provider(:ruby)
+) do
+
+  def section
+    resource[:name].split('/', 2).first
+  end
+
+  def setting
+    resource[:name].split('/', 2).last
+  end
+
+  def separator
+    ' = '
+  end
+
+  def self.file_path
+    '/etc/ceph/ceph.conf'
+  end
+
+  # required to be able to hack the path in unit tests
+  # also required if a user wants to otherwise overwrite the default file_path
+  # Note: purge will not work on over-ridden file_path
+  def file_path
+    if not resource[:path]
+      self.class.file_path
+    else
+      resource[:path]
+    end
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/ceph_config.rb b/lib/puppet/type/ceph_config.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a44472d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/ceph_config.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#   Copyright (C) Dan Bode <bodepd@gmail.com>
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+#
+# Author: Dan Bode <bodepd@gmail.com>
+# Author: Mathieu Gagne <mgagne>
+
+
+Puppet::Type.newtype(:ceph_config) do
+
+  ensurable
+
+  newparam(:name, :namevar => true) do
+    desc 'Section/setting name to manage from ./ceph.conf'
+    newvalues(/\S+\/\S+/)
+  end
+
+  # required in order to be able to unit test file contents
+  # Note: purge will not work on over-ridden file_path
+  # lifted from ini_file
+  newparam(:path) do
+    desc 'A file path to over ride the default file path if necessary'
+    validate do |value|
+      unless (Puppet.features.posix? and value =~ /^\//) or (Puppet.features.microsoft_windows? and (value =~ /^.:\// or value =~ /^\/\/[^\/]+\/[^\/]+/))
+        raise(Puppet::Error, "File paths must be fully qualified, not '#{value}'")
+      end
+    end
+    defaultto false
+  end
+
+  newproperty(:value) do
+    desc 'The value of the setting to be defined.'
+    munge do |value|
+      value = value.to_s.strip
+      value.capitalize! if value =~ /^(true|false)$/i
+      value
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/ceph_config/ini_setting_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/ceph_config/ini_setting_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af248070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/ceph_config/ini_setting_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#   Copyright (C) 2013 Mirantis Inc.
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+#
+# Author: Andrew Woodward <xarses>
+
+# This is aparently one of the few ways to do this load
+# see https://github.com/stackforge/puppet-nova/blob/master/spec/unit/provider/nova_config/ini_setting_spec.rb
+$LOAD_PATH.push(
+  File.join(
+    File.dirname(__FILE__),
+    '..',
+    '..',
+    '..',
+    'fixtures',
+    'modules',
+    'inifile',
+    'lib')
+)
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+require 'puppet'
+
+provider_class = Puppet::Type.type(:ceph_config).provider(:ini_setting)
+
+describe provider_class do
+  include PuppetlabsSpec::Files
+
+  let(:tmpfile) { tmpfilename("ceph_config_test") }
+
+  let(:params) { {
+      :path    => tmpfile,
+  } }
+
+  def validate(expected, tmpfile = tmpfile)
+    File.read(tmpfile).should == expected
+  end
+
+  it 'should create keys = value and ensure space around equals' do
+    resource = Puppet::Type::Ceph_config.new(params.merge(
+      :name => 'global/ceph_is_foo', :value => 'bar'))
+    provider = provider_class.new(resource)
+    provider.exists?.should be_nil
+    provider.create
+    validate(<<-EOS
+
+[global]
+ceph_is_foo = bar
+    EOS
+    )
+  end
+
+  it 'should default to file_path if param path is not passed' do
+    resource = Puppet::Type::Ceph_config.new(
+      :name => 'global/ceph_is_foo', :value => 'bar')
+    provider = provider_class.new(resource)
+    provider.file_path.should == '/etc/ceph/ceph.conf'
+  end
+
+end
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diff --git a/spec/unit/type/ceph_config_spec.rb b/spec/unit/type/ceph_config_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01e4af85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/unit/type/ceph_config_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#   Copyright (C) 2013 Mirantis Inc.
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+#
+# Author: Andrew Woodward <xarses>
+
+require 'puppet'
+require 'puppet/type/ceph_config'
+
+describe 'Puppet::Type.type(:ceph_config)' do
+
+  before :each do
+    @ceph_config = Puppet::Type.type(:ceph_config).new(
+      :name => 'global/ceph_is_foo', :value => 'bar')
+  end
+
+  it 'should work bascily' do
+    @ceph_config[:value] = 'max'
+    @ceph_config[:value].should == 'max'
+  end
+
+  it 'should convert true to True' do
+    @ceph_config[:value] = 'tRuE'
+    @ceph_config[:value].should == 'True'
+  end
+
+  it 'should convert false to False' do
+    @ceph_config[:value] = 'fAlSe'
+    @ceph_config[:value].should == 'False'
+  end
+end
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