diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index ee69acf6..ecd705dc 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
     }
 
     exec { "change-selinux-status-to-${mode}":
-      command => "echo ${sestatus} > /${sx_fs_mount}/enforce",
-      unless  => "grep -q '${sestatus}' /${sx_fs_mount}/enforce",
+      command => "echo ${sestatus} > /${::selinux::params::sx_fs_mount}/enforce",
+      unless  => "grep -q '${sestatus}' /${::selinux::params::sx_fs_mount}/enforce",
     }
   } else {
     fail("Invalid mode specified for SELinux: ${mode}")
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index a7e16e93..ec1acdad 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #
 class selinux (
   $mode = $::selinux::params::mode,
+  $package_ensure = $::selinux::params::package_ensure,
 ) inherits selinux::params {
 
   include stdlib
diff --git a/manifests/metadata.json b/manifests/metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77f128c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "name": "jfryman/selinux",
+  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "author": "jfryman",
+  "summary": "This class manages SELinux on RHEL based systems",
+  "license": "Apache 2.0",
+  "source": "https://github.com/jfryman/puppet-selinux",
+  "project_page": "https://github.com/jfryman/puppet-selinux",
+  "issues_url": "https://github.com/jfryman/puppet-selinux/issues",
+  "dependencies": [
+    {
+      "name": "puppetlabs-stdlib",
+      "version_range": ">= 4.0.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "puppetlabs-concat",
+      "version_range": ">= 1.0.0"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/manifests/package.pp b/manifests/package.pp
index bbbdb57d..93e8eead 100644
--- a/manifests/package.pp
+++ b/manifests/package.pp
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
       case $::operatingsystemrelease {
         /^5.+$/: {
           package { 'policycoreutils':
-            ensure => present,
+            ensure => $selinux::params::package_ensure,
           }
         }
         /^(6|7).+$/: {
           package { 'policycoreutils-python':
-            ensure => present,
+            ensure => $selinux::params::package_ensure,
           }
         }
         default: {
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index fe320607..5a559255 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 class selinux::params {
   $sx_mod_dir   = '/usr/share/selinux'
   $mode         = 'disabled'
+  $package_ensure = present
 
   $sx_fs_mount  = $::operatingsystem ? {
     /RedHat|CentOS/ => $::operatingsystemrelease ? {