diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/cinder_type.rb b/lib/puppet/type/cinder_type.rb
index 67ac5daf..4b5e132d 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/cinder_type.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/cinder_type.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:cinder_type) do
 
   newproperty(:properties, :array_matching => :all) do
     desc 'The properties of the cinder type. Should be an array, all items should match pattern <key=value1[,value2 ...]>'
+    defaultto []
     def insync?(is)
       return false unless is.is_a? Array
       is.sort == should.sort
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/basic_cinder_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/basic_cinder_spec.rb
index f1bf3c6b..6486d019 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/basic_cinder_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/basic_cinder_spec.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ describe 'basic cinder' do
       class { '::cinder::scheduler::filter': }
       class { '::cinder::volume': }
       class { '::cinder::cron::db_purge': }
+      cinder::type { 'test-type': }
       # TODO: create a backend and spawn a volume
       EOS
 
diff --git a/spec/unit/type/cinder_type_spec.rb b/spec/unit/type/cinder_type_spec.rb
index a9e8352c..5f2bd170 100644
--- a/spec/unit/type/cinder_type_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/type/cinder_type_spec.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe Puppet::Type.type(:cinder_type) do
     Puppet::Type.rmtype(:cinder_type)
   end
 
-  it 'should reject an invalid propertie value' do
+  it 'should reject an invalid property value' do
     incorrect_input = {
       :name       => 'test_type',
       :properties => ['some_key1 = some_value2']
@@ -15,14 +15,34 @@ describe Puppet::Type.type(:cinder_type) do
     expect { Puppet::Type.type(:cinder_type).new(incorrect_input) }.to raise_error(Puppet::ResourceError, /Parameter properties failed/)
   end
 
-  it 'should autorequire cinder-api service' do
+  it 'should default to no properties' do
     catalog = Puppet::Resource::Catalog.new
     anchor = Puppet::Type.type(:anchor).new(:name => 'cinder::service::end')
     correct_input = {
       :name       => 'test_type',
-      :properties => ['some_key1=value', 'some_key2=value1,value2']
     }
     cinder_type = Puppet::Type.type(:cinder_type).new(correct_input)
+    expect(cinder_type[:properties]).to eq([])
+
+    catalog.add_resource anchor, cinder_type
+    dependency = cinder_type.autorequire
+    expect(dependency.size).to eq(1)
+    expect(dependency[0].target).to eq(cinder_type)
+    expect(dependency[0].source).to eq(anchor)
+  end
+
+
+  it 'should autorequire cinder-api service' do
+    catalog = Puppet::Resource::Catalog.new
+    anchor = Puppet::Type.type(:anchor).new(:name => 'cinder::service::end')
+    properties = ['some_key1=value', 'some_key2=value1,value2']
+    correct_input = {
+      :name       => 'test_type',
+      :properties => properties,
+    }
+    cinder_type = Puppet::Type.type(:cinder_type).new(correct_input)
+    expect(cinder_type[:properties]).to eq(properties)
+
     catalog.add_resource anchor, cinder_type
     dependency = cinder_type.autorequire
     expect(dependency.size).to eq(1)