diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/resources.rb b/lib/puppet/type/resources.rb
index 0aef31c92a7..ecf2bc1a3fb 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/resources.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/resources.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     so you can purge unmanaged resources but set `noop` to true so the
     purging is only logged and does not actually happen."
 
+  apply_to_all
 
   newparam(:name) do
     desc "The name of the type to be managed."