diff --git a/manifests/osfamily/solaris.pp b/manifests/osfamily/solaris.pp
index dd45cb36..60afc2d2 100644
--- a/manifests/osfamily/solaris.pp
+++ b/manifests/osfamily/solaris.pp
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@
           logoutput   => 'on_failure',
           refreshonly => true,
         }
+        ~> exec { 'puppet_agent add publisher to pkg':
+          command     => "pkg set-publisher -e -g ${pkgrepo_dir} ${publisher}",
+          path        => '/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin',
+          logoutput   => 'on_failure',
+          refreshonly => true,
+        }
         # Make sure the pkg publishers are all available.  Broken
         # publisher entries will stop the installation process.
         # This must happen before removing any packages.