diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/service/noop.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/service/noop.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1e9807b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/service/noop.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Puppet::Type.type(:service).provide :noop, :parent => :systemd do
+  def startcmd
+    [ "/bin/true" ]
+  end
+
+  def stopcmd
+    [ "/bin/true" ]
+  end
+
+  def restartcmd
+    [ "/bin/true" ]
+  end
+
+  def statuscmd
+    [ "/bin/true" ]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/apache.pp b/manifests/profile/base/apache.pp
index ccc16d55e..16c5371e4 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/base/apache.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/base/apache.pp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class tripleo::profile::base::apache(
       mpm_module => $mpm_module,
     }
   }
+  Service <| title == 'httpd' |> { provider => 'noop' }
 
   include ::apache::mod::status
   include ::apache::mod::ssl