diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/foreman_host/rest_v3.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/foreman_host/rest_v3.rb
index 98a6a6fb4..66464b7bb 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/foreman_host/rest_v3.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/foreman_host/rest_v3.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   confine :feature => [:json, :oauth]
 
   def exists?
-    !id.nil?
+    !resource[:force_fact_upload] && !id.nil?
   end
 
   def create
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/foreman_host.rb b/lib/puppet/type/foreman_host.rb
index 64dcc8f50..3afb6b0ea 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/foreman_host.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/foreman_host.rb
@@ -11,4 +11,8 @@
 
     defaultto { $facts }
   end
+
+  newparam(:force_fact_upload) do
+    desc 'Force fact upload when host already exists'
+  end
 end
diff --git a/manifests/register.pp b/manifests/register.pp
index 9f2ffd74f..dda76299b 100644
--- a/manifests/register.pp
+++ b/manifests/register.pp
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@
 # @api private
 class foreman::register (
   Stdlib::Fqdn $foreman_host_name = $facts['networking']['fqdn'],
+  Boolean $force_fact_upload = false,
 ) {
   foreman_host { "foreman-${$foreman_host_name}":
-    ensure          => present,
-    hostname        => $foreman_host_name,
-    base_url        => $foreman::foreman_url,
-    consumer_key    => $foreman::oauth_consumer_key,
-    consumer_secret => $foreman::oauth_consumer_secret,
-    effective_user  => $foreman::oauth_effective_user,
-    ssl_ca          => $foreman::server_ssl_chain,
-    facts           => $facts,
+    ensure            => present,
+    hostname          => $foreman_host_name,
+    base_url          => $foreman::foreman_url,
+    consumer_key      => $foreman::oauth_consumer_key,
+    consumer_secret   => $foreman::oauth_consumer_secret,
+    effective_user    => $foreman::oauth_effective_user,
+    ssl_ca            => $foreman::server_ssl_chain,
+    facts             => $facts,
+    force_fact_upload => $force_fact_upload,
   }
 
   foreman_instance_host { "foreman-${$foreman_host_name}":