diff --git a/spec/defines/network_alias_range_spec.rb b/spec/defines/network_alias_range_spec.rb
index dae546fb..3abc9512 100644
--- a/spec/defines/network_alias_range_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/network_alias_range_spec.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 
 
   context 'required parameters: ensure => up' do
+    let(:pre_condition) { "file { 'ifcfg-eth99': }" }
     let(:title) { 'eth99' }
     let :params do {
       :ensure          => 'up',
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@
   end
 
   context 'required parameters: ensure => up, restart => false' do
+    let(:pre_condition) { "file { 'ifcfg-eth99': }" }
     let(:title) { 'eth99' }
     let :params do {
       :ensure          => 'up',
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@
   end
 
   context 'required parameters: ensure => down' do
+    let(:pre_condition) { "file { 'ifcfg-bond7': }" }
     let(:title) { 'bond7' }
     let :params do {
       :ensure          => 'down',
@@ -144,6 +147,7 @@
   end
 
   context 'required parameters: ensure => absent' do
+    let(:pre_condition) { "file { 'ifcfg-bond6': }" }
     let(:title) { 'bond6' }
     let :params do {
       :ensure          => 'absent',
@@ -162,6 +166,7 @@
   end
 
   context 'optional parameters' do
+    let(:pre_condition) { "file { 'ifcfg-eth8': }" }
     let(:title) { 'eth8' }
     let :params do {
       :ensure          => 'up',
diff --git a/spec/defines/network_bond_slave_spec.rb b/spec/defines/network_bond_slave_spec.rb
index 8e5bdbec..d8840dae 100644
--- a/spec/defines/network_bond_slave_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/network_bond_slave_spec.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   end
 
   context 'required parameters' do
+    let(:pre_condition) { "file { 'ifcfg-bond0': }" }
     let(:title) { 'eth1' }
     let :params do {
       :master     => 'bond0',
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
   end
 
   context 'required parameters, restart => false' do
+    let(:pre_condition) { "file { 'ifcfg-bond0': }" }
     let(:title) { 'eth1' }
     let :params do {
       :macaddress => 'fe:fe:fe:aa:aa:a1',
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@
   end
 
   context 'optional parameters' do
+    let(:pre_condition) { "file { 'ifcfg-bond0': }" }
     let(:title) { 'eth3' }
     let :params do {
       :macaddress   => 'ef:ef:ef:ef:ef:ef',
diff --git a/spec/defines/network_route_spec.rb b/spec/defines/network_route_spec.rb
index dd4d0541..8908418a 100644
--- a/spec/defines/network_route_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/network_route_spec.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 describe 'network::route', :type => 'define' do
 
   context 'singular parameters' do
+    let(:pre_condition) { "file { 'ifcfg-eth1': }" }
     let(:title) { 'eth1' }
     let :params do {
       :ipaddress => [ '192.168.2.1', ],
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
   end
 
   context 'singular parameters, restart => false' do
+    let(:pre_condition) { "file { 'ifcfg-eth1': }" }
     let(:title) { 'eth1' }
     let :params do {
       :ipaddress => [ '192.168.2.1', ],
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@
   end
 
   context 'array parameters' do
+    let(:pre_condition) { "file { 'ifcfg-eth2': }" }
     let(:title) { 'eth2' }
     let :params do {
       :ipaddress => [ '192.168.2.0', '10.0.0.0', ],