diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 278f9c3c..db1dbf03 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #       the scheme: "fact_name:fact_value".
 #   $puppet_run_reports
 #       Will send results from your puppet agent runs back to the datadog service.
+#   $manage_dogapi_gem
+#       When reports are enabled, ensure the dogapi gem (required) is installed.
 #   $puppetmaster_user
 #       Will chown the api key used by the report processor to this user.
 #       Defaults to the user the puppetmaster is configured to run as.
@@ -246,6 +248,7 @@
   $service_ensure = 'running',
   $service_enable = true,
   Boolean $manage_repo = true,
+  Boolean $manage_dogapi_gem = true,
   Boolean $manage_install = true,
   $hostname_extraction_regex = undef,
   Boolean $hostname_fqdn = false,
@@ -715,6 +718,7 @@
     class { 'datadog_agent::reports':
       api_key                   => $api_key,
       datadog_site              => $datadog_site,
+      manage_dogapi_gem         => $manage_dogapi_gem,
       puppet_gem_provider       => $puppet_gem_provider,
       dogapi_version            => $datadog_agent::params::dogapi_version,
       puppetmaster_user         => $puppetmaster_user,
diff --git a/manifests/reports.pp b/manifests/reports.pp
index 7e5fa9a8..7b583429 100644
--- a/manifests/reports.pp
+++ b/manifests/reports.pp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   $api_key,
   $puppetmaster_user,
   $dogapi_version,
+  $manage_dogapi_gem = true,
   $hostname_extraction_regex = undef,
   $datadog_site = 'datadoghq.com',
   $puppet_gem_provider = $datadog_agent::params::gem_provider,
@@ -29,20 +30,28 @@
   } else {
 
     include datadog_agent
-    $rubydev_package = $datadog_agent::params::rubydev_package
 
-    # check to make sure that you're not installing rubydev somewhere else
-    if ! defined(Package[$rubydev_package]) {
-      package {$rubydev_package:
-        ensure => installed,
-        before => Package['dogapi']
+    if $manage_dogapi_gem {
+      $rubydev_package = $datadog_agent::params::rubydev_package
+
+      # check to make sure that you're not installing rubydev somewhere else
+      if ! defined(Package[$rubydev_package]) {
+        package {$rubydev_package:
+          ensure => installed,
+          before => Package['dogapi']
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (! defined(Package['rubygems'])) {
+        # Ensure rubygems is installed
+        class { 'ruby':
+          rubygems_update => false
+        }
       }
-    }
 
-    if (! defined(Package['rubygems'])) {
-      # Ensure rubygems is installed
-      class { 'ruby':
-        rubygems_update => false
+      package{ 'dogapi':
+        ensure   => $dogapi_version,
+        provider => $puppet_gem_provider,
       }
     }
 
@@ -55,10 +64,5 @@
       require => File['/etc/datadog-agent'],
     }
 
-    package{ 'dogapi':
-      ensure   => $dogapi_version,
-      provider => $puppet_gem_provider,
-    }
-
   }
 }
diff --git a/spec/classes/datadog_agent_reports_spec.rb b/spec/classes/datadog_agent_reports_spec.rb
index d34246d4..67f6ac7b 100644
--- a/spec/classes/datadog_agent_reports_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/datadog_agent_reports_spec.rb
@@ -188,4 +188,41 @@
       it { is_expected.to contain_file(conf_file).without_content(%r{hostname_extraction_regex:}) }
     end
   end
+
+  context 'disabled ruby-manage' do
+    let(:params) do
+      {
+        api_key: 'notanapikey',
+        hostname_extraction_regex: nil,
+        dogapi_version: 'installed',
+        puppetmaster_user: 'puppet',
+        puppet_gem_provider: 'gem',
+        manage_dogapi_gem: false,
+      }
+    end
+
+    describe 'datadog_agent class dogapi version override' do
+      let(:facts) do
+        {
+          operatingsystem: 'Debian',
+          osfamily: 'debian',
+        }
+      end
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to contain_class('ruby').with_rubygems_update(false) }
+      it { is_expected.not_to contain_class('ruby::params') }
+      it { is_expected.not_to contain_package('ruby').with_ensure('installed') }
+      it { is_expected.not_to contain_package('rubygems').with_ensure('installed') }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to contain_package('ruby-dev') }
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to contain_package('dogapi') }
+
+      it do
+        is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/datadog-agent/datadog-reports.yaml')\
+          .with_owner('puppet')\
+          .with_group('root')
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end