diff --git a/manifests/key_management.pp b/manifests/key_management.pp
index bccffe56..06dd980c 100644
--- a/manifests/key_management.pp
+++ b/manifests/key_management.pp
@@ -68,11 +68,14 @@
         group  => $group,
         mode   => '0700',
       }
-      $sshkey_require = File[$sshkey_dotdir]
+    }
+    if $sshkey_custom_path != undef {
+      $sshkey_require = File[$key_file]
     } else {
-      $sshkey_require = undef
+      $sshkey_require = File[$sshkey_dotdir]
     }
-    $sshkey_before = File[$key_file]
+    $sshkey_before = undef
+
   } else {
     if $purge_user_home and $user_home {
       file { $sshkey_dotdir:
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/accounts_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/accounts_spec.rb
index 6ffad1e9..50c35c4d 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/accounts_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/accounts_spec.rb
@@ -233,8 +233,11 @@
   },
   'accounts::user_list' => {
     'hunner' => {
-      'home'    => '/test/hunner',
-      'sshkeys' => [
+      'home'                => '/test/hunner',
+      'sshkey_custom_path'  => '/test/sshkeys/hunner',
+      'sshkey_owner'        => 'root',
+      'sshkey_group'        => 'root',
+      'sshkeys'             => [
         "ssh-rsa #{test_key} vagrant",
         "ssh-rsa #{test_key} vagrant2",
       ],
@@ -493,6 +496,7 @@
       expect(file('/home/specd_user')).not_to exist
       expect(file('/home/duplicate_user1')).not_to exist
       expect(file('/home/duplicate_user2')).not_to exist
+      expect(file('/test/sshkeys/hunner')).not_to exist
       expect(user('hunner')).not_to exist
       expect(user('first.last')).not_to exist
       expect(user('grp_flse')).not_to exist