diff --git a/.fixtures.yml b/.fixtures.yml
index 20abd2b..e9c3f5e 100644
--- a/.fixtures.yml
+++ b/.fixtures.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ fixtures:
   repositories:
     stdlib:
       repo: 'https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib.git'
-      ref: 'v8.1.0'
+      ref: 'v9.0.0'
     concat:
       repo: 'https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-concat.git'
       ref: 'v7.1.1'
diff --git a/data/os/windows.yaml b/data/os/windows.yaml
index fd8c7df..8555e5f 100644
--- a/data/os/windows.yaml
+++ b/data/os/windows.yaml
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ facter::facts_file_owner: 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'
 facter::facts_file_group: 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'
 facter::facts_file_mode: null
 facter::ensure_facter_symlink: false
+facter::facter_conf_dir: 'C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\facter\etc'
+facter::facter_conf_dir_owner: 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'
+facter::facter_conf_dir_group: 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'
+facter::facter_conf_owner: 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'
+facter::facter_conf_group: 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 14b5bfd..53967d2 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@
   String[1] $facts_file_owner = 'root',
   String[1] $facts_file_group = 'root',
   Optional[Stdlib::Filemode] $facts_file_mode = '0644',
+  Stdlib::Absolutepath $facter_conf_dir = '/etc/puppetlabs/facter',
+  String[1] $facter_conf_dir_owner = 'root',
+  String[1] $facter_conf_dir_group = 'root',
+  Stdlib::Filemode $facter_conf_dir_mode = '0755',
+  String[1] $facter_conf_name = 'facter.conf',
+  String[1] $facter_conf_owner = 'root',
+  String[1] $facter_conf_group = 'root',
+  Stdlib::Filemode $facter_conf_mode = '0644',
+  Facter::Conf $facter_conf = {},
 ) {
   if $facts['os']['family'] == 'windows' {
     $facts_file_path  = "${facts_d_dir}\\${facts_file}"
@@ -145,4 +154,35 @@
       * => $v,
     }
   }
+
+  if $facts['os']['family'] == 'windows' {
+    exec { "mkdir_p-${facter_conf_dir}":
+      command => "cmd /c mkdir ${facter_conf_dir}",
+      creates => $facter_conf_dir,
+      path    => $facts['path'],
+    }
+  } else {
+    exec { "mkdir_p-${facter_conf_dir}":
+      command => "mkdir -p ${facter_conf_dir}",
+      creates => $facter_conf_dir,
+      path    => '/bin:/usr/bin',
+    }
+  }
+  file { $facter_conf_dir:
+    ensure  => 'directory',
+    owner   => $facter_conf_dir_owner,
+    group   => $facter_conf_dir_group,
+    mode    => $facter_conf_dir_mode,
+    require => Exec["mkdir_p-${facter_conf_dir}"],
+  }
+  if ! empty($facter_conf) {
+    $facter_conf_json = stdlib::to_json_pretty($facter_conf)
+    file { "${facter_conf_dir}/${facter_conf_name}":
+      ensure  => 'file',
+      owner   => $facter_conf_owner,
+      group   => $facter_conf_group,
+      mode    => $facter_conf_mode,
+      content => "# File managed by Puppet, do not edit\n${facter_conf_json}",
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index b94d17f..aad70af 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "puppetlabs/stdlib",
-      "version_requirement": ">= 8.1.0 < 9.0.0"
+      "version_requirement": ">= 9.0.0 < 10.0.0"
     },
     {
       "name": "puppetlabs/concat",
diff --git a/spec/classes/init_spec.rb b/spec/classes/init_spec.rb
index 05bf505..c402c23 100644
--- a/spec/classes/init_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/init_spec.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,25 @@
             'path'    => '/bin:/usr/bin',
           })
         }
+
+        it {
+          should contain_exec('mkdir_p-/etc/puppetlabs/facter').with({
+            'command' => 'mkdir -p /etc/puppetlabs/facter',
+            'unless'  => 'test -d /etc/puppetlabs/facter',
+          })
+        }
+
+        it {
+          should contain_file('/etc/puppetlabs/facter').with({
+            'ensure'  => 'directory',
+            'owner'   => 'root',
+            'group'   => 'root',
+            'mode'    => '0755',
+            'require' => 'Exec[mkdir_p-/etc/puppetlabs/facter]',
+          })
+        }
+
+        it { should_not contain_file('/etc/puppetlabs/facter/facter.conf') }
       end
 
       describe 'with purge_facts_d' do
@@ -324,7 +343,10 @@
               'fact' => {
                 'value' => 'value',
               },
-            }
+            },
+            :facter_conf => {
+              'global' => { 'external-dir' => ['/foo'] },
+            },
           }
         end
 
@@ -376,6 +398,25 @@
             'content' => 'fact=value',
           })
         }
+
+        it {
+          should contain_file('/etc/puppetlabs/facter/facter.conf').with({
+            'ensure' => 'file',
+            'owner'  => 'root',
+            'group'  => 'root',
+            'mode'   => '0644',
+            'content' => '# File managed by Puppet, do not edit
+{
+  "global": {
+    "external-dir": [
+      "/foo"
+    ]
+  }
+}
+'
+          })
+        }
+
       end
 
       describe 'variable type and content validations' do
diff --git a/types/conf.pp b/types/conf.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9139fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/conf.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#
+type Facter::Conf = Struct[{'facts'  => Optional[Struct[{
+                                          'blocklist' => Optional[Array[String]],
+                                          'ttls'      => Optional[Array[Hash]]
+                                          }]],
+                            'global' => Optional[Struct[{
+                                          'external-dir'      => Optional[Array[Stdlib::Absolutepath]],
+                                          'custom-dir'        => Optional[Array[Stdlib::Absolutepath]],
+                                          'no-external-facts' => Optional[Boolean],
+                                          'no-custom-facts'   => Optional[Boolean],
+                                          'no-ruby'           => Optional[Boolean]
+                                          }]],
+                            'cli'    => Optional[Struct[{
+                                          'debug'     => Optional[Boolean],
+                                          'trace'     => Optional[Boolean],
+                                          'verbose'   => Optional[Boolean],
+                                          'log-level' => Optional[Boolean]
+                                          }]]
+                          }]
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