diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/cinder_api_paste_ini/ini_setting_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/cinder_api_paste_ini/ini_setting_spec.rb
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+#
+# these tests are a little concerning b/c they are hacking around the
+# modulepath, so these tests will not catch issues that may eventually arise
+# related to loading these plugins.
+# I could not, for the life of me, figure out how to programatcally set the modulepath
+$LOAD_PATH.push(
+  File.join(
+    File.dirname(__FILE__),
+    '..',
+    '..',
+    '..',
+    'fixtures',
+    'modules',
+    'inifile',
+    'lib')
+)
+require 'spec_helper'
+provider_class = Puppet::Type.type(:cinder_api_paste_ini).provider(:ini_setting)
+describe provider_class do
+
+  it 'should allow setting to be set explicitly' do
+    resource = Puppet::Type::Cinder_api_paste_ini.new(
+      {:name => 'dude/foo', :value => 'bar'}
+    )
+    provider = provider_class.new(resource)
+    expect(provider.section).to eq('dude')
+    expect(provider.setting).to eq('foo')
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/unit/type/cinder_api_paste_spec.rb b/spec/unit/type/cinder_api_paste_spec.rb
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+require 'spec_helper'
+# this hack is required for now to ensure that the path is set up correctly
+# to retrive the parent provider
+$LOAD_PATH.push(
+  File.join(
+    File.dirname(__FILE__),
+    '..',
+    '..',
+    'fixtures',
+    'modules',
+    'inifile',
+    'lib')
+)
+require 'puppet/type/cinder_api_paste_ini'
+describe 'Puppet::Type.type(:cinder_api_paste_ini)' do
+  before :each do
+    @cinder_api_paste_ini = Puppet::Type.type(:cinder_api_paste_ini).new(:name => 'DEFAULT/foo', :value => 'bar')
+  end
+  it 'should accept a valid value' do
+    @cinder_api_paste_ini[:value] = 'bar'
+    expect(@cinder_api_paste_ini[:value]).to eq('bar')
+  end
+
+  it 'should autorequire the package that install the file' do
+    catalog = Puppet::Resource::Catalog.new
+    package = Puppet::Type.type(:package).new(:name => 'cinder')
+    catalog.add_resource package, @cinder_api_paste_ini
+    dependency = @cinder_api_paste_ini.autorequire
+    expect(dependency.size).to eq(1)
+    expect(dependency[0].target).to eq(@cinder_api_paste_ini)
+    expect(dependency[0].source).to eq(package)
+  end
+
+end