diff --git a/conf/manifest/init b/conf/manifest/init
index 0b0dc9a5..f6328971 100755
--- a/conf/manifest/init
+++ b/conf/manifest/init
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ __file /etc/cdist-configured
 case "$__target_host" in
    # Everybody has this
    localhost)
-      __link /tmp/cdist-testfile --source /etc/cdist-configured  --type symbolic
+      require="__file/etc/cdist-configured" __link /tmp/cdist-testfile --source /etc/cdist-configured  --type symbolic
       require="__directory/tmp/cdist-test-dir" __file /tmp/cdist-test-dir/test-file --mode 0750 --owner nobody --group root
       __directory /tmp/cdist-test-dir --mode 4777
    ;;