diff --git a/resources/metadata.rb b/resources/metadata.rb
index 525a6fb..0f43600 100644
--- a/resources/metadata.rb
+++ b/resources/metadata.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
 version          '0.1.6'
 
+depends 'rb-common'
 depends 'rb-selinux'
 depends 'zookeeper'
 depends 'kafka'
diff --git a/resources/recipes/configure.rb b/resources/recipes/configure.rb
index 7a0f4a4..c5a7de3 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/configure.rb
+++ b/resources/recipes/configure.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 # proxy services
 proxy_services = proxy_services()
 
+rb_common_config "Configure common" do
+  action :configure
+end
+
 rb_selinux_config "Configure Selinux" do
   if shell_out("getenforce").stdout.chomp == "Disabled"
     action :remove