diff --git a/manifests/deps.pp b/manifests/deps.pp
index fdf908c2..a3694553 100644
--- a/manifests/deps.pp
+++ b/manifests/deps.pp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class trove::deps {
   # policy config should occur in the config block also as soon as
   # puppet-trove supports it. Leave commented out for now.
   Anchor['trove::config::begin']
-  -> Openstacklib::Policy<||>
+  -> Openstacklib::Policy<| tag == 'trove' |>
   ~> Anchor['trove::config::end']
 
   # all db settings should be applied and all packages should be installed
diff --git a/manifests/policy.pp b/manifests/policy.pp
index 2c3e8b69..39a3801c 100644
--- a/manifests/policy.pp
+++ b/manifests/policy.pp
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ class trove::policy (
     file_group   => $::trove::params::group,
     file_format  => 'yaml',
     purge_config => $purge_config,
+    tag          => 'trove',
   }
 
   create_resources('openstacklib::policy', { $policy_path => $policy_parameters })
diff --git a/spec/classes/trove_policy_spec.rb b/spec/classes/trove_policy_spec.rb
index 7f24c4b6..d70800bd 100644
--- a/spec/classes/trove_policy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/trove_policy_spec.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ describe 'trove::policy' do
           :file_group   => 'trove',
           :file_format  => 'yaml',
           :purge_config => false,
+          :tag          => 'trove',
         )
         is_expected.to contain_oslo__policy('trove_config').with(
           :enforce_scope        => false,
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ describe 'trove::policy' do
           :file_group   => 'trove',
           :file_format  => 'yaml',
           :purge_config => true,
+          :tag          => 'trove',
         )
         is_expected.to contain_oslo__policy('trove_config').with(
           :enforce_scope        => false,