diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 106bcee7..655f2567 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ that needs to be done.
 
   __To support reporting, your Puppet master needs to have the [dogapi](https://github.com/DataDog/dogapi-rb) gem installed, to do that either run the puppet agent on your master with this configuration or install it manually with `gem`.__
   _Please note if on Puppet Enterprise or POSS (ie. >=3.7.0) there is a soft dependency for reporting on the `puppetserver_gem` module. Install with `puppet module install puppetlabs-puppetserver_gem` - installing manually with `gem` will *not* work._
+  _Also note that we have made the gem provider configurable, so you can set it to `puppetserver_gem` (already set by default) if on PE/POSS (>=3.7.0) or `gem` if on older versions of puppet_
 
 3. Include any other integrations you want the agent to use, e.g.
 
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index f57675f2..d54776fd 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@
   $hiera_tags = false,
   $facts_to_tags = [],
   $puppet_run_reports = false,
+  $puppet_gem_provider = 'puppetserver_gem',
   $puppetmaster_user = 'puppet',
   $non_local_traffic = false,
   $dogstreams = [],
@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@
   validate_array($dogstreams)
   validate_array($facts_to_tags)
   validate_bool($puppet_run_reports)
+  validate_string($puppet_gem_provider)
   validate_string($puppetmaster_user)
   validate_bool($non_local_traffic)
   validate_bool($log_to_syslog)
@@ -340,6 +342,7 @@
   if $puppet_run_reports {
     class { 'datadog_agent::reports':
       api_key                   => $api_key,
+      puppet_gem_provider       => $puppet_gem_provider,
       puppetmaster_user         => $puppetmaster_user,
       dogapi_version            => $datadog_agent::params::dogapi_version,
       hostname_extraction_regex => $hostname_extraction_regex,
diff --git a/manifests/reports.pp b/manifests/reports.pp
index 7ffd20c9..375a6c5c 100644
--- a/manifests/reports.pp
+++ b/manifests/reports.pp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #
 class datadog_agent::reports(
   $api_key,
+  $puppet_gem_provider,
   $puppetmaster_user,
   $dogapi_version,
   $hostname_extraction_regex = nil
@@ -22,7 +23,6 @@
 
   include datadog_agent::params
   $rubydev_package = $datadog_agent::params::rubydev_package
-  $gemprovider = 'gem'
 
   # check to make sure that you're not installing rubydev somewhere else
   if ! defined(Package[$rubydev_package]) {
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 
   package{'dogapi':
     ensure   => $dogapi_version,
-    provider => $gemprovider,
+    provider => $puppet_gem_provider,
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/spec/classes/datadog_agent_reports_spec.rb b/spec/classes/datadog_agent_reports_spec.rb
index a5026ee3..8933687a 100644
--- a/spec/classes/datadog_agent_reports_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/datadog_agent_reports_spec.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
         api_key: 'notanapikey',
         hostname_extraction_regex: nil,
         puppetmaster_user: 'puppet',
-        dogapi_version: 'installed'
+        dogapi_version: 'installed',
+        puppet_gem_provider: 'gem'
       }
     end
     ALL_OS.each do |operatingsystem|
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@
         api_key: 'notanapikey',
         hostname_extraction_regex: nil,
         puppetmaster_user: 'puppet',
-        dogapi_version: '1.2.2'
+        dogapi_version: '1.2.2',
+        puppet_gem_provider: 'gem'
       }
     end
     describe "datadog_agent class dogapi version override" do
diff --git a/spec/classes/datadog_agent_spec.rb b/spec/classes/datadog_agent_spec.rb
index 4ba66d15..47a35279 100644
--- a/spec/classes/datadog_agent_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/datadog_agent_spec.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   context 'all supported operating systems' do
     ALL_OS.each do |operatingsystem|
       describe "datadog_agent class common actions on #{operatingsystem}" do
-        let(:params) { { puppet_run_reports: true } }
+        let(:params) { { puppet_run_reports: true, puppet_gem_provider: 'gem' } }
         let(:facts) do
           {
             operatingsystem: operatingsystem,