2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/facter/service_provider.rb b/lib/facter/service_provider.rb
index 54db937..a117921 100644
--- a/lib/facter/service_provider.rb
+++ b/lib/facter/service_provider.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 #
 # Caveats:
 #
+require 'puppet/type'
+require 'puppet/type/service'
+
 Facter.add(:service_provider) do
   setcode do
     Puppet::Type.type(:service).newservice(:name => 'dummy')[:provider].to_s
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/empty.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/empty.rb
index cca620f..b5a3cde 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/empty.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/empty.rb
@@ -13,14 +13,18 @@ Returns true if the variable is empty.
 
     value = arguments[0]
 
-    unless value.is_a?(Array) || value.is_a?(Hash) || value.is_a?(String)
+    unless value.is_a?(Array) || value.is_a?(Hash) || value.is_a?(String) || value.is_a?(Numeric)
       raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'empty(): Requires either ' +
-        'array, hash or string to work with')
+        'array, hash, string or integer to work with')
     end
 
-    result = value.empty?
+    if value.is_a?(Numeric)
+      return false
+    else
+      result = value.empty?
 
-    return result
+      return result
+    end
   end
 end