diff --git a/manifests/package.pp b/manifests/package.pp
index dc0a4dc..fd53d3a 100644
--- a/manifests/package.pp
+++ b/manifests/package.pp
@@ -1,83 +1,85 @@
 # == Class: sudo::package
 #
 # Installs the sudo package on various platforms.
 #
 # === Parameters
 #
 # Document parameters here.
 #
 # [*package*]
 #   The name of the sudo package to be installed
 #
 # [*package_ensure*]
 #   Ensure if present or absent
 #
 # [*package_source*]
 #   Where to find the sudo packge, should be a local file or a uri
 #
 # [*package_provider*]
 #   Set package provider
 #
 # === Authors
 #
 # Toni Schmidbauer <toni@stderr.at>
 #
 # === Copyright
 #
 # Copyright 2013 Toni Schmidbauer
 #
 class sudo::package (
   $package            = '',
   $package_ensure     = present,
   $package_source     = '',
   $package_provider   = undef,
   $package_admin_file = '',
   $ldap_enable        = false,
 ) {
   if $ldap_enable == true {
     case $facts['os']['family'] {
       'Gentoo': {
         if defined( 'portage' ) {
           Class['sudo'] -> Class['portage']
           package_use { 'app-admin/sudo':
             ensure => present,
             use    => ['ldap'],
             target => 'sudo-flags',
           }
         } else {
           fail ('portage package needed to define ldap use on sudo')
         }
       }
       default: {}
     }
   }
 
   case $facts['os']['family'] {
     'AIX': {
       class { 'sudo::package::aix':
         package          => $package,
         package_source   => $package_source,
         package_ensure   => $package_ensure,
         package_provider => $package_provider,
       }
     }
     'Darwin': {}
     'Solaris': {
       class { 'sudo::package::solaris':
         package            => $package,
         package_source     => $package_source,
         package_ensure     => $package_ensure,
         package_admin_file => $package_admin_file,
+        package_provider   => $package_provider,
       }
     }
     default: {
       if $package != '' {
         ensure_packages([
             $package,
           ], {
-            'ensure' => $package_ensure,
+            'ensure'  => $package_ensure,
+            'provider => $package_provider,
         })
       }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/manifests/package/solaris.pp b/manifests/package/solaris.pp
index d5cf4d0..06503ad 100644
--- a/manifests/package/solaris.pp
+++ b/manifests/package/solaris.pp
@@ -1,61 +1,64 @@
 # == Class: sudo::package::solaris
 #
 # install sudo under solaris 10/11.
 #
 # === Parameters
 #
 # Document parameters here.
 #
 # [*package*]
 #   The name of the sudo package to be installed
 #
 # [*package_ensure*]
 #   Ensure if present or absent
 #
 # [*package_source*]
 #   Where to find the sudo packge, should be a local file or a uri
 #
 # [*package_admin_file*]
 #   Solaris 10 package admin file for unattended installation
 #
 # === Examples
 #
 #  class { sudo::package::solaris:
 #    package => 'sudo',
 #  }
 #
 # === Authors
 #
 # Toni Schmidbauer <toni@stderr.at>
 #
 # === Copyright
 #
 # Copyright 2013 Toni Schmidbauer
 #
 class sudo::package::solaris (
   $package            = '',
   $package_source     = '',
   $package_ensure     = 'present',
   $package_admin_file = '',
+  $package_provider   = undef,
 ) {
   case $::kernelrelease {
     '5.11': {
       package { $package:
-        ensure => $package_ensure,
+        ensure   => $package_ensure,
+        provider => $package_provider,
       }
     }
     '5.10': {
       package { $package:
         ensure          => $package_ensure,
         source          => $package_source,
         adminfile       => $package_admin_file,
+        provider        => $package_provider,
         install_options => [
           '-G',
         ],
       }
     }
     default: {
       fail("Unsupported Solaris kernelrelease ${::kernelrelease}!")
     }
   }
 }