diff --git a/site/profiles/manifests/nginx/simpleproxy.pp b/site/profiles/manifests/nginx/simpleproxy.pp
index cfc0bfb..a1382cc 100644
--- a/site/profiles/manifests/nginx/simpleproxy.pp
+++ b/site/profiles/manifests/nginx/simpleproxy.pp
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ class profiles::nginx::simpleproxy (
     # merge the hashes conditionally
     $nginx_parameters = merge($defaults, $extras_hash)
 
-    mkdir::p {'/var/cache/nginx':}
+    mkdir::p {'/var/cache/nginx':
+      before => Class['nginx'],
+    }
 
     # manage the nginx class
     class { 'nginx':