diff --git a/site/profiles/manifests/base.pp b/site/profiles/manifests/base.pp
index 1182097..6d1d6dc 100644
--- a/site/profiles/manifests/base.pp
+++ b/site/profiles/manifests/base.pp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class profiles::base (
   include profiles::base::hosts
   include profiles::accounts::sysadmin
   include profiles::ntp::client
+  include profiles::cloudinit::init
 
   # configure dns records for client
   profiles::dns::client {"${facts['networking']['fqdn']}-default":}
diff --git a/site/profiles/manifests/cloudinit/init.pp b/site/profiles/manifests/cloudinit/init.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2edb9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/profiles/manifests/cloudinit/init.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# profiles::cloudinit::init
+class profiles::cloudinit::init (
+  Boolean $enabled = false,
+  String  $package = 'cloud-init',
+  String  $service = 'cloud-init',
+){
+
+  if $enabled {
+    package { $package:
+      ensure => installed,
+    }
+
+    service { $service:
+      ensure  => running,
+      enable  => true,
+      require => Package[$package],
+    }
+  } else {
+    service { $service:
+      ensure => stopped,
+      enable => false,
+    }
+
+    package { $package:
+      ensure => absent,
+    }
+  }
+}