diff --git a/servers/puppet/modules/humbug/manifests/base.pp b/servers/puppet/modules/humbug/manifests/base.pp
index 3ee8bc8d77..ab21214f0c 100644
--- a/servers/puppet/modules/humbug/manifests/base.pp
+++ b/servers/puppet/modules/humbug/manifests/base.pp
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ class humbug::base {
     ensure     => file,
     mode       => 600,
     source     => 'puppet:///modules/humbug/iptables/rules',
+    require    => Package['iptables-persistent'],
   }
 
   file { '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02periodic':