diff --git a/manifests/agent/config.pp b/manifests/agent/config.pp
index daaa1c6d..e0726f64 100644
--- a/manifests/agent/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/agent/config.pp
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 class puppet::agent::config inherits puppet::config {
   puppet::config::agent {
     'classfile':         value => $puppet::classfile;
-    'localconfig':       value => '$vardir/localconfig';
-    'default_schedules': value => false;
+    'localconfig':       value => $puppet::localconfig;
+    'default_schedules': value => $puppet::agent_default_schedules;
     'report':            value => $puppet::report;
     'masterport':        value => $puppet::port;
     'environment':       value => $puppet::environment;
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 67d1057b..11da002f 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@
 #
 # $hiera_config::                           The hiera configuration file.
 #
+# $localconfig::                            The localconfig setting.
+#
 # $syslogfacility::                         Facility name to use when logging to syslog
 #
 # $use_srv_records::                        Whether DNS SRV records will be used to resolve
@@ -175,6 +177,8 @@
 #
 # $environment::                            Default environment of the Puppet agent
 #
+# $agent_default_schedules::                A boolean to enable/disable the default schedules
+#
 # $agent_additional_settings::              A hash of additional agent settings.
 #                                           Example: {stringify_facts => true}
 #
@@ -600,6 +604,7 @@
   Optional[String] $systemd_cmd = $puppet::params::systemd_cmd,
   Integer[0] $systemd_randomizeddelaysec = $puppet::params::systemd_randomizeddelaysec,
   Boolean $agent_noop = $puppet::params::agent_noop,
+  Boolean $agent_default_schedules = $puppet::params::agent_default_schedules,
   Boolean $show_diff = $puppet::params::show_diff,
   Optional[Stdlib::HTTPUrl] $module_repository = $puppet::params::module_repository,
   Optional[Integer[0]] $http_connect_timeout = $puppet::params::http_connect_timeout,
@@ -619,6 +624,7 @@
   Optional[String] $agent_restart_command = $puppet::params::agent_restart_command,
   String $classfile = $puppet::params::classfile,
   String $hiera_config = $puppet::params::hiera_config,
+  String $localconfig = $puppet::params::localconfig,
   String $auth_template = $puppet::params::auth_template,
   Boolean $allow_any_crl_auth = $puppet::params::allow_any_crl_auth,
   Array[String] $auth_allowed = $puppet::params::auth_allowed,
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index f4feb749..8150ec06 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   $show_diff           = false
   $module_repository   = undef
   $hiera_config        = '$confdir/hiera.yaml'
+  $localconfig         = '$vardir/localconfig'
   $usecacheonfailure   = true
   $ca_server           = undef
   $ca_port             = undef
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
   $server_compile_mode = undef
   $dns_alt_names       = []
   $use_srv_records     = false
+  $agent_default_schedules = false
 
   $srv_domain = fact('networking.domain')