diff --git a/.fixtures.yml b/.fixtures.yml
index 73c6493f..eef120ad 100644
--- a/.fixtures.yml
+++ b/.fixtures.yml
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ fixtures:
       repo: "https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-mount_core.git"
       puppet_version: ">= 6.0.0"
     transition: "https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-transition.git"
+    filepath: "https://github.com/EdgeJ/puppet-filepath.git"
   symlinks:
     "nfs": "#{source_dir}"
diff --git a/manifests/functions/create_export.pp b/manifests/functions/create_export.pp
index a36cb76d..585fa10c 100644
--- a/manifests/functions/create_export.pp
+++ b/manifests/functions/create_export.pp
@@ -50,12 +50,11 @@
     }
 
     unless defined(File[$name]) {
-      file { $name:
-        ensure                  => directory,
-        owner                   => $owner,
-        group                   => $group,
-        mode                    => $mode,
-        selinux_ignore_defaults => true,
+      filepath { $name:
+        ensure => present,
+        owner  => $owner,
+        group  => $group,
+        mode   => $mode,
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 0b34eb4e..45031166 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
     {"name":"puppetlabs/concat","version_requirement":">= 1.1.2 < 8.0.0"},
     {"name":"puppetlabs/transition","version_requirement":">= 0.1.0 < 2.0.0"},
     {"name":"puppet/augeasproviders_core","version_requirement":">= 2.1.5 < 4.0.0"},
-    {"name":"puppet/augeasproviders_shellvar","version_requirement":">= 1.2.0 <= 5.0.0"}
+    {"name":"puppet/augeasproviders_shellvar","version_requirement":">= 1.2.0 <= 5.0.0"},
+    {"name":"edgej-filepath","version_requirement":">= 1.0.0"}
   ],
   "tags": ["nfs", "nfs4", "exports", "mount", "mfc"],
   "operatingsystem_support": [