diff --git a/site/profile/manifests/core/common.pp b/site/profile/manifests/core/common.pp
index f13c4d6c50..0768786304 100644
--- a/site/profile/manifests/core/common.pp
+++ b/site/profile/manifests/core/common.pp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
   include profile::core::kernel
   include profile::core::keytab
   include profile::core::nm_dispatch
+  include profile::core::node_info
   include profile::core::selinux
   include profile::core::systemd
   include rsyslog
diff --git a/site/profile/manifests/core/node_info.pp b/site/profile/manifests/core/node_info.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7021ed5c8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/profile/manifests/core/node_info.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# @summary
+#   This class is a vehicle for shipping enc data to puppetdb.
+#
+# @param site
+# @param role
+# @param cluster
+# @param variant
+# @param subvariant
+#
+class profile::core::node_info (
+  Optional[String[1]] $site = $::site,
+  Optional[String[1]] $role = $::role,
+  Optional[String[1]] $cluster = $::cluster,
+  Optional[String[1]] $variant = $::variant,
+  Optional[String[1]] $subvariant = $::subvariant,
+) {
+}