diff --git a/manifests/vhost.pp b/manifests/vhost.pp
index 21a531f7f9..09c3100a6e 100644
--- a/manifests/vhost.pp
+++ b/manifests/vhost.pp
@@ -2366,6 +2366,40 @@
   # - $suphp_engine
   # - $shibboleth_enabled
   if $_directories and ! empty($_directories) and $ensure == 'present' {
+    $_directories.each |Hash $directory| {
+      if 'auth_basic_authoritative' in $directory or 'auth_basic_fake' in $directory or 'auth_basic_provider' in $directory {
+        include apache::mod::auth_basic
+      }
+
+      if 'auth_user_file' in $directory {
+        include apache::mod::authn_file
+      }
+
+      if 'auth_group_file' in $directory {
+        include apache::mod::authz_groupfile
+      }
+
+      if 'gssapi' in $directory {
+        include apache::mod::auth_gssapi
+      }
+
+      if $directory['provider'] and $directory['provider'] =~ 'location' and ('proxy_pass' in $directory or 'proxy_pass_match' in $directory) {
+        include apache::mod::proxy_http
+      }
+
+      if 'request_headers' in $directory {
+        include apache::mod::headers
+      }
+
+      if 'rewrites' in $directory {
+        include apache::mod::rewrite
+      }
+
+      if 'setenv' in $directory {
+        include apache::mod::env
+      }
+    }
+
     concat::fragment { "${name}-directories":
       target  => "${priority_real}${filename}.conf",
       order   => 60,
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/default_mods_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/default_mods_spec.rb
index 8e38d98f0f..1694b94c92 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/default_mods_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/default_mods_spec.rb
@@ -22,47 +22,6 @@ class { 'apache':
     end
   end
 
-  unless os[:family] == 'sles' && os[:release].to_i >= 12
-    describe 'no default mods and failing' do
-      before :all do
-        pp = <<-PP
-        include apache::params
-        class { 'apache': default_mods => false, service_ensure => stopped, }
-        PP
-        apply_manifest(pp)
-      end
-      # Using puppet_apply as a helper
-      pp = <<-MANIFEST
-          class { 'apache':
-            default_mods => false,
-          }
-          apache::vhost { 'defaults.example.com':
-            docroot     => '#{apache_hash['doc_root']}/defaults',
-            aliases     => [
-              {
-                alias => '/css',
-                path  => '#{apache_hash['doc_root']}/css',
-              },
-            ],
-            directories => [
-            {
-                'path'            => "#{apache_hash['doc_root']}/admin",
-                'auth_basic_fake' => 'demo demopass',
-              }
-            ],
-            setenv      => 'TEST1 one',
-          }
-      MANIFEST
-      it 'applies with errors' do
-        apply_manifest(pp, expect_failures: true)
-      end
-    end
-
-    describe service(apache_hash['service_name']) do
-      it { is_expected.not_to be_running }
-    end
-  end
-
   describe 'alternative default mods' do
     # Using puppet_apply as a helper
     let(:pp) do
diff --git a/spec/defines/vhost_spec.rb b/spec/defines/vhost_spec.rb
index eab020c6f4..eaa3af9946 100644
--- a/spec/defines/vhost_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/vhost_spec.rb
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@
                   'path'                => '/',
                   'provider'            => 'location',
                   'auth_ldap_referrals' => 'off',
+                  'auth_basic_fake'     => 'demo demopass',
+                  'auth_user_file'      => '/path/to/authz_user_file',
+                  'auth_group_file'     => '/path/to/authz_group_file',
+                  'setenv'              => ['SPECIAL_PATH /foo/bin'],
                 },
                 {
                   'path'       => '/proxy',
@@ -568,6 +572,10 @@
                                                               'mode' => '0600')
           }
           it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache::mod::alias') }
+          it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache::mod::auth_basic') }
+          it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache::mod::authn_file') }
+          it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache::mod::authz_groupfile') }
+          it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache::mod::auth_gssapi') }
           it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache::mod::env') }
           it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache::mod::filter') }
           it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache::mod::headers') }
@@ -1289,7 +1297,7 @@
           it { is_expected.not_to contain_concat__fragment('rspec.example.com-aliases') }
           it { is_expected.not_to contain_concat__fragment('rspec.example.com-itk') }
           it { is_expected.not_to contain_concat__fragment('rspec.example.com-fallbackresource') }
-          it { is_expected.to contain_concat__fragment('rspec.example.com-directories') }
+          it { is_expected.not_to contain_concat__fragment('rspec.example.com-directories') }
           it { is_expected.not_to contain_concat__fragment('rspec.example.com-additional_includes') }
           it { is_expected.to contain_concat__fragment('rspec.example.com-logging') }
           it { is_expected.to contain_concat__fragment('rspec.example.com-serversignature') }