cron can also be disabled

manifests/agent.pp

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ class puppet::agent (
   $run_if_ipmatch  = undef,
   $maxsleep        = '3200',
   $puppet_master   = undef,
-  $environment = gsub($::domain,'.lan', '')) {
+  $cron            = true,
+  $environment     = gsub($::domain, '.lan', '')) {
   case $::kernel {
     'Linux' : {
       $puppetpkgs = ['puppet', 'puppet-common']
@@ -44,11 +45,14 @@ class puppet::agent (
     ensure    => $daemonize,
   }
   $cron_real = $daemonize ? {
-    false   => 'present',
+    false   => $cron ? {
+      true => 'present',
+      default => 'absent',
+    },
     true    => 'absent',
     default => $ensure,
   }
-
+  
   cron { 'puppetrun':
     command => '/usr/local/sbin/puppetd_run.sh',
     user    => 'root',
@@ -81,6 +85,7 @@ class puppet::agent (
       setting => 'splay',
       value   => $maxsleep;
     }
+
     ini_setting { 'puppet-agent-env':
       setting => 'environment',
       value   => $environment;