diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/explorer/repo_ids b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/explorer/repo_ids
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c32b40b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/explorer/repo_ids
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2013 Daniel Heule (hda at sfs.biz)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#
+# Manage services with Zypper (mostly suse)
+#
+#
+echo $(zypper lr -u -E  | cut -d'|' -f 1 | grep -E '^[0-9]')
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/explorer/service_id b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/explorer/service_id
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b473340c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/explorer/service_id
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2013 Daniel Heule (hda at sfs.biz)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#
+# Manage services with Zypper (mostly suse)
+#
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/service_uri" ]; then
+   uri="$(cat "$__object/parameter/service_uri")"
+else
+   uri="/$__object_id"
+fi
+echo $(zypper ls -u -E | grep -E "\<$uri\>" | cut -d'|' -f 1 )
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/explorer/service_ids b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/explorer/service_ids
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..460b2006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/explorer/service_ids
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2013 Daniel Heule (hda at sfs.biz)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#
+# Manage services with Zypper (mostly suse)
+#
+echo $(zypper ls -u -E  | cut -d'|' -f 1 | grep -E '^[0-9]')
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/explorer/service_uri b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/explorer/service_uri
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aec93cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/explorer/service_uri
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2013 Daniel Heule (hda at sfs.biz)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#
+# Manage services with Zypper (mostly suse)
+#
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/service_uri" ]; then
+   uri="$(cat "$__object/parameter/service_uri")"
+else
+   uri="/$__object_id"
+fi
+echo $(zypper ls -u -E | grep -E "\<$uri\>" | cut -d'|' -f 7 )
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/gencode-remote
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d11749ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/gencode-remote
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2013 Daniel Heule (hda at sfs.biz)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#
+# Manage services with Zypper (mostly suse)
+#
+
+# Debug
+#exec >&2
+#set -x
+
+zypper_def_opts=" -q "
+
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/service_desc" ]; then
+   desc="$(cat "$__object/parameter/service_desc")"
+else
+   desc="$__object_id"
+fi
+
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/service_uri" ]; then
+   uri="$(cat "$__object/parameter/service_uri")"
+else
+   uri="$__object_id"
+fi
+
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/state" ]; then
+   state_should="$(cat "$__object/parameter/state")"
+else
+   state_should="present"
+fi
+
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/type" ]; then
+   stype="$(cat "$__object/parameter/type")"
+else
+   stype="ris"
+fi
+
+exp_uri="$(cat "$__object/explorer/service_uri")"
+exp_id="$(cat "$__object/explorer/service_id")"
+
+# we need this list to remove ids, but we must do this in reverse order
+exp_ids="$(cat "$__object/explorer/service_ids" | rev)"
+
+if [ "$uri" = "$exp_uri" ] ; then
+    state_is="present"
+else
+    state_is="absent"
+fi
+
+# remove all other services if needed ...
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/remove-all-other-services" ]; then
+   # file exists -> True
+   for i in $exp_ids; do
+     if [ "$i" != "$exp_id" ] ; then
+       echo zypper $zypper_def_opts  removeservice "$i" "&>/dev/null"
+     fi
+   done 
+   echo zypper $zypper_def_opts refs "&>/dev/null"
+fi
+
+
+# Exit if nothing is needed to be done
+[ "$state_is" = "$state_should" ] && exit 0
+
+case "$state_should" in
+   present)
+         echo zypper $zypper_def_opts addservice -t "$stype" "$uri" \"$desc\"
+         echo zypper $zypper_def_opts refs
+   ;;
+   absent)
+         echo zypper $zypper_def_opts removeservice "$service_id"
+         echo zypper $zypper_def_opts refs
+   ;;
+   *)
+      echo "Unknown state: $state_should" >&2
+      exit 1
+   ;;
+esac
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/man.text b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/man.text
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1717c96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/man.text
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+cdist-type__zypper_service(7)
+=============================
+Daniel Heule <hda--@--sfs.biz>
+
+
+NAME
+----
+cdist-type__zypper_service - service management with zypper
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+zypper is usually used on SuSE systems to manage services.
+
+
+REQUIRED PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+service_uri::
+    Uri of the service
+
+
+OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+service_desc::
+    If supplied, use the service_desc and not the object id as descritpion for the service.
+
+state::
+    Either "present" or "absent", defaults to "present"  
+
+type::
+    Defaults to "ris", the standard type of services at SLES11. For other values, see manpage of zypper.
+
+
+BOOLEAN PARAMETERS
+------------------
+remove-all-other-service::
+   Drop all other services found on the target host before adding the new one.
+
+remove-all-repos::
+   If supplied, remove all existing repos prior to setup the new service.
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Ensure that internal SLES11 SP3 RIS is in installed and all other services and repos are discarded
+__zypper_service INTERNAL_SLES11_SP3 --service_desc "Internal SLES11 SP3 RIS" --service_uri "http://path/to/your/ris/dir" --remove-all-other-service --remove-all-repos
+
+# Ensure that internal SLES11 SP3 RIS is in installed, no changes to ohter services or repos
+__zypper_service INTERNAL_SLES11_SP3 --service_desc "Internal SLES11 SP3 RIS" --service_uri "http://path/to/your/ris/dir"
+
+# Drop service by uri, no changes to ohter services or repos
+__zypper_service INTERNAL_SLES11_SP3 --state absent --service_uri "http://path/to/your/ris/dir"
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+- cdist-type(7)
+
+
+COPYING
+-------
+Copyright \(C) 2013 Daniel Heule. Free use of this software is
+granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/manifest
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8773605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2013 Daniel Heule (hda at sfs.biz)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#
+# Manage services with Zypper (mostly suse)
+#
+
+# Debug
+#exec >&2
+#set -x
+
+zypper_def_opts=" -q "
+
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/service_uri" ]; then
+   uri="$(cat "$__object/parameter/service_uri")"
+else
+   uri="$__object_id"
+fi
+
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/state" ]; then
+   state_should="$(cat "$__object/parameter/state")"
+else
+   state_should="present"
+fi
+
+exp_uri="$(cat "$__object/explorer/service_uri")"
+
+if [ "$uri" = "$exp_uri" ] ; then
+    state_is="present"
+else
+    state_is="absent"
+fi
+
+
+# Exit if nothing is needed to be done
+[ "$state_is" = "$state_should" ] && exit 0
+
+# we need this list to remove ids, but we must do this in reverse order
+exp_repos="$(cat "$__object/explorer/repo_ids" | rev)"
+
+# boolean parameter
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/remove-all-repos" ]; then
+   # file exists -> True
+   for i in $exp_repos; do
+     __zypper_repo "droprepo${i}" --state absent --repo_id "${i}"
+   done 
+fi
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/parameter/boolean b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/parameter/boolean
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc6a5629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/parameter/boolean
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+remove-all-other-service
+remove-all-repos
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/parameter/default/state b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/parameter/default/state
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7f6134f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/parameter/default/state
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+present
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/parameter/default/type b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/parameter/default/type
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b928830f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/parameter/default/type
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ris
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/parameter/optional b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/parameter/optional
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b26c78d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/parameter/optional
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+service_desc
+state
+type
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/parameter/required b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/parameter/required
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b4645ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__zypper_service/parameter/required
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+service_uri