diff --git a/site/profiles/manifests/puppet/client.pp b/site/profiles/manifests/puppet/client.pp
index 01df2ad..b58c33a 100644
--- a/site/profiles/manifests/puppet/client.pp
+++ b/site/profiles/manifests/puppet/client.pp
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class profiles::puppet::client (
   Boolean $show_diff          = true,
   Boolean $usecacheonfailure  = false,
   Integer $facts_soft_limit   = 4096,
+  Boolean $splay              = true,
+  Integer $splaylimit         = 600,
 ) {
 
   # dont manage puppet.conf if this is a puppetmaster
diff --git a/site/profiles/templates/puppet/client/puppet.conf.erb b/site/profiles/templates/puppet/client/puppet.conf.erb
index 65f3328..d9bc058 100644
--- a/site/profiles/templates/puppet/client/puppet.conf.erb
+++ b/site/profiles/templates/puppet/client/puppet.conf.erb
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ runtimeout = <%= @runtimeout %>
 show_diff = <%= @show_diff %>
 usecacheonfailure = <%= @usecacheonfailure %>
 number_of_facts_soft_limit = <%= @facts_soft_limit %>
+splay = <%= @splay %>
+splaylimit = <%= @splaylimit %>