diff --git a/manifests/server/config.pp b/manifests/server/config.pp
index 194b7e2..3082cd4 100644
--- a/manifests/server/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/server/config.pp
@@ -1,89 +1,89 @@
 # @summary
 #   Private class for MySQL server configuration.
 #
 # @api private
 #
 class mysql::server::config {
 
   $options = $mysql::server::_options
   $includedir = $mysql::server::includedir
   $managed_dirs = $mysql::server::managed_dirs
 
 
   File {
     owner  => 'root',
     group  => $mysql::server::root_group,
     mode   => '0400',
   }
 
   if $includedir and $includedir != '' {
     file { $includedir:
       ensure  => directory,
       mode    => '0755',
       recurse => $mysql::server::purge_conf_dir,
       purge   => $mysql::server::purge_conf_dir,
     }
 
     # on some systems this is /etc/my.cnf.d, while Debian has /etc/mysql/conf.d and FreeBSD something in /usr/local. For the latter systems,
     # managing this basedir is also required, to have it available before the package is installed.
     $includeparentdir = dirname($includedir)
     if $includeparentdir != '/' and $includeparentdir != '/etc' {
       file { $includeparentdir:
         ensure => directory,
         mode   => '0755',
       }
     }
   }
 
   #Debian: Creating world readable directories before installing.
   if $managed_dirs {
     $managed_dirs.each | $entry | {
       $dir = $options['mysqld']["${entry}"]
       if ( $dir and $dir != '/usr' and $dir != '/tmp' ) {
         exec {"${entry}-managed_dir-mkdir":
           command => "/bin/mkdir -p ${dir}",
-          creates => $dir,
+          unless  => "/usr/bin/dpkg -s ${mysql::server::package_name}",
           notify  =>  Exec["${entry}-managed_dir-chmod"],
         }
         exec {"${entry}-managed_dir-chmod":
           command     => "/bin/chmod 777 ${dir}",
           refreshonly => true,
         }
       }
     }
   }
 
   if $mysql::server::manage_config_file  {
     file { 'mysql-config-file':
       path                    => $mysql::server::config_file,
       content                 => template('mysql/my.cnf.erb'),
       mode                    => $mysql::server::config_file_mode,
       owner                   => $mysql::server::mycnf_owner,
       group                   => $mysql::server::mycnf_group,
       selinux_ignore_defaults => true,
     }
 
     # on mariadb systems, $includedir is not defined, but /etc/my.cnf.d has
     # to be managed to place the server.cnf there
     $configparentdir = dirname($mysql::server::config_file)
     # Before setting $configparentdir we first check to make sure that it's value is valid
     if $configparentdir != '/' and $configparentdir != '/etc' {
       # We then check that the value of $includedir is either undefined or that different from $configparentdir
       # We first check that it is undefined due to dirname throwing an error when given undef/empty strings
       if $includedir == undef or $includedir == '' or
         ($configparentdir != $includedir and $configparentdir != dirname($includedir)) {
         file { $configparentdir:
           ensure => directory,
           mode   => '0755',
         }
       }
     }
   }
 
   if $options['mysqld']['ssl-disable'] {
     notify {'ssl-disable':
       message =>'Disabling SSL is evil! You should never ever do this except
                 if you are forced to use a mysql version compiled without SSL support'
     }
   }
 }