diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index c07fcdc..2420b00 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 class journald::config {
-  $merged_options = merge($::journald::params::default_options, $::journald::options)
+  if $::journald::enable_defaults {
+    $merged_options = merge($::journald::params::default_options, $::journald::options)
+  } else {
+    $merged_options = $::journald::options
+  }
 
   if $::journald::persist_log {
     $journald_dir = 'directory'
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 6783873..4c8944f 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@
 #                                data persistent, it is sufficient to create /var/log/journal/ 
 #                                where systemd-journald will then store the data.
 #
+# $enable_defaults::             if defaults parameters should be used or not
+#
 # $options::                     a hash with journald parameters
 #
 class journald (
   $persist_log = $journald::params::persist_log,
+  $enable_defaults =  $journald::params::enable_defaults,
   $options = undef
 ) inherits journald::params {
   if $::osfamily == 'RedHat' and versioncmp($::operatingsystemrelease, '7.0') >= 0 {
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 4cf07e8..1b32fdd 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class journald::params {
   $persist_log = true
+  $enable_defaults = false
   $default_options = {
     'Storage'           => 'auto',
     'Compress'          => 'yes',
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index b1eb664..8d7a922 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "cristifalcas-journald",
 	"author": "Cristian Falcas",
-	"version": "0.3.0",
+	"version": "0.4.0",
 	"source": "git@github.com:cristifalcas/puppet-journald.git",
 	"project_page": "https://github.com/cristifalcas/puppet-journald",
 	"issues_url": "https://github.com/cristifalcas/puppet-journald/issues",