diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/gencode-remote
index 699eb0c9..e02564a2 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/gencode-remote
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ fi
 
 case "$state_should" in
     present)
+        # following is bit ugly, but important hack.
+        # due to how cdist config run works, there isn't
+        # currently better way to do it :(
+        cat << EOF
+if [ ! -f /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin ] || [ "\$( stat --format %Y /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin )" -lt "\$( date +%s -d '-1 day' )" ]
+then echo apt-get update > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
+fi
+EOF
         if [ -n "$version" ]; then
             name="${name}=${version}"
         fi
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/man.rst b/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/man.rst
index a3a70d91..a1691eac 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/man.rst
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_apt/man.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ DESCRIPTION
 apt-get is usually used on Debian and variants (like Ubuntu) to
 manage packages.
 
+This type will also update package index, if it is older
+than one day, to avoid missing package error messages.
+
 
 REQUIRED PARAMETERS
 -------------------