diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/vs_config/ovs.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/vs_config/ovs.rb
index 4ccb5ddc..cec87b53 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/vs_config/ovs.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/vs_config/ovs.rb
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:vs_config).provide(:ovs) do
     # if skip_if_version matches ovs_version(), then skip the configuration by faking exists
     if @resource[:skip_if_version].eql? ovs_version()
       return true
+    elsif ensure_absent?
+      @property_hash[:ensure] != :present
     else
       @property_hash[:ensure] == :present
     end
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:vs_config).provide(:ovs) do
   end
 
   def create
-    if @resource[:value].nil? or @resource[:value].empty?
+    if ensure_absent?
       destroy
     else
       _set
@@ -119,6 +121,8 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:vs_config).provide(:ovs) do
     # if skip_if_version matches ovs_version(), then skip the configuration by returning the same value
     if @resource[:skip_if_version].eql? ovs_version()
       @resource[:value]
+    elsif ensure_absent?
+      @resource[:value]
     else
       @property_hash[:value]
     end
@@ -129,10 +133,16 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:vs_config).provide(:ovs) do
   end
 
   def value=(value)
-    if  @resource[:value].nil? or @resource[:value].empty?
+    if ensure_absent?
       destroy
     else
       _set
     end
   end
+
+  private
+
+  def ensure_absent?
+    (@resource[:value].nil? or @resource[:value].empty?) and @resource[:ensure] == :present
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/basic_vswitch_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/basic_vswitch_spec.rb
index e7da36d8..3636e665 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/basic_vswitch_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/basic_vswitch_spec.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,24 @@ describe 'basic vswitch' do
 
       vs_config { 'external_ids:ovn-remote':
         ensure => present,
-        value => 'tcp:127.0.0.1:2300',
+        value  => 'tcp:127.0.0.1:2300',
+      }
+
+      vs_config { 'other_config:thisshouldexist':
+        ensure => present,
+        value  => 'customvalue',
+      }
+      vs_config { 'other_config:thisshouldnotexist':
+        ensure => present,
+        value  => undef,
+      }
+      vs_config { 'other_config:thisshouldnotexist2':
+        ensure => present,
+        value  => '',
+      }
+      vs_config { 'other_config:thisshouldnotexist3':
+        ensure => present,
+        value  => [],
       }
       EOS
 
@@ -107,5 +124,11 @@ describe 'basic vswitch' do
         expect(r.stdout).to match(/\"tcp:127.0.0.1:2300\"/)
       end
     end
+
+    it 'should get other config' do
+      command('sudo ovs-vsctl get Open_Vswitch . other_config') do |r|
+        expect(r.stdout).to match(/\"{thishshouldexist=customvalue}"/)
+      end
+    end
   end
 end