--- /dev/null
+# Fact: service_provider
+#
+# Purpose: Returns the default provider Puppet will choose to manage services
+# on this system
+#
+# Resolution: Instantiates a dummy service resource and return the provider
+#
+# Caveats:
+#
+require 'puppet/type'
+require 'puppet/type/service'
+
+Facter.add(:service_provider) do
+ setcode do
+ Puppet::Type.type(:service).newservice(:name => 'dummy')[:provider].to_s
+ end
+end