diff --git a/manifests/server.pp b/manifests/server.pp
index c524b9b..56d0c36 100644
--- a/manifests/server.pp
+++ b/manifests/server.pp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class mqtt_statsd::server (
   $statsd_hostname,
   $mqtt_port = 1883,
   $statsd_port = 8125,
+  $statsd_prefix = 'mosquitto',
 ){
 
   file { '/etc/mqtt_statsd.yaml':