diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/puppetdb_conn_validator/puppet_https.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/puppetdb_conn_validator/puppet_https.rb
index ad1ecfd4..e795d625 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/puppetdb_conn_validator/puppet_https.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/puppetdb_conn_validator/puppet_https.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def create
   #
   # @api private
   def validator
-    @validator ||= Puppet::Util::PuppetdbValidator.new(resource[:puppetdb_server], resource[:puppetdb_port], resource[:use_ssl])
+    @validator ||= Puppet::Util::PuppetdbValidator.new(resource[:puppetdb_server], resource[:puppetdb_port], resource[:use_ssl], resource[:test_url])
   end
 
 end