diff --git a/manifests/apacheds.pp b/manifests/apacheds.pp
index aeed268..65e7591 100644
--- a/manifests/apacheds.pp
+++ b/manifests/apacheds.pp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ define plnxtools::apacheds::instance(
 	service {"apacheds_${title}":
 		start => "$bin_dir/apacheds.sh $title start",
 		stop => "$bin_dir/apacheds.sh $title stop",
-		status => "/bin/false",
+		status => "$bin_dir/apacheds.sh $title status | grep 'is running'",
 		ensure => running
 	}
 }