diff --git a/files/boilerplate/providers.footer b/files/boilerplate/providers.footer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5e12d1da99993db9a4cd06f57aa0d24488a2d637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/boilerplate/providers.footer
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#LAST LINE -- ADD YOUR ENTRIES BEFORE THIS ONE -- DO NOT REMOVE
diff --git a/files/boilerplate/providers.header b/files/boilerplate/providers.header
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b4a5990f1d5bf921fcc95a3c6c8480e79ad70e16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/boilerplate/providers.header
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#
+# Shorewall version 4 - Providers File
+#
+# For information about entries in this file, type "man shorewall-providers"
+#
+# For additional information, see http://shorewall.net/MultiISP.html
+#
+############################################################################################
+#NAME	NUMBER	MARK	DUPLICATE	INTERFACE	GATEWAY		OPTIONS		COPY
diff --git a/manifests/base.pp b/manifests/base.pp
index c49c23bc1c3b41232db47aea779cfd40772a691f..c50aa6e60845efcb3a6d882fcf733c8dfef9ab8b 100644
--- a/manifests/base.pp
+++ b/manifests/base.pp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class shorewall::base {
             File["/var/lib/puppet/modules/shorewall/tcrules"],
             File["/var/lib/puppet/modules/shorewall/tcclasses"],
             File["/var/lib/puppet/modules/shorewall/rtrules"],
+            File["/var/lib/puppet/modules/shorewall/providers"],
         ],
         require => Package[shorewall],
     }
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 72e05333a285fcaec0d90cc09d748be15da083fb..0bdc50dcfdebe631931b17a75f6404f1831801a3 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -73,5 +73,6 @@ class shorewall {
   shorewall::managed_file { tcclasses: }
   
   shorewall::managed_file { rtrules: }
+  shorewall::managed_file { providers: }
   
 }
diff --git a/manifests/providers.pp b/manifests/providers.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d17924789f0b08fec7e8ab9e190c246d4209efc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/providers.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+define shorewall::providers(
+    $number,
+    $mark,
+    $duplicate = '-',
+    $interface,
+    $gateway,
+    $options = '-',
+    $copy = '',
+){
+    shorewall::entry { "providers.d/${mark}-${title}":
+        line => "${name} ${number} ${mark} ${duplicate} ${interface} ${gateway} ${options} ${copy}",
+    }
+}