diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/objectadd.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/objectadd.rb
index 8ebf8924b..6149066db 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/objectadd.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/nameservice/objectadd.rb
@@ -1,44 +1,50 @@
 require 'puppet/provider/nameservice'
 
 class Puppet::Provider::NameService
 class ObjectAdd < Puppet::Provider::NameService
     # Does the object already exist?
     def self.exists?(obj)
         if obj.getinfo(true)
             return true
         else
             return false
         end
     end
     
     def deletecmd
         [command(:delete), @resource[:name]]
     end
 
     # Determine the flag to pass to our command.
     def flag(name)
         name = name.intern if name.is_a? String
         self.class.option(name, :flag) || "-" + name.to_s[0,1]
     end
 
     def modifycmd(param, value)
         cmd = [command(:modify),
             flag(param),
             value]
+
         if @resource[:allowdupe]  == :true
             cmd << "-o"
         end
+
+        if @resource.managehome?
+            cmd << "-m"
+        end
+
         cmd << @resource[:name]
 
         return cmd
     end
 
     def posixmethod(name)
         name = name.intern if name.is_a? String
         method = self.class.option(name, :method) || name
 
         return method
     end
 end
 end