diff --git a/manifests/backports.pp b/manifests/backports.pp
index 0fa69586e7..1b9cabbaf1 100644
--- a/manifests/backports.pp
+++ b/manifests/backports.pp
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
   Optional[Variant[String, Hash]] $key          = undef,
   Optional[Variant[Integer, String, Hash]] $pin = 200,
 ){
+
+  include apt
+
   if $location {
     $_location = $location
   }