diff --git a/_states/debmirror.py b/_states/debmirror.py
index 36e666d..ee86580 100644
--- a/_states/debmirror.py
+++ b/_states/debmirror.py
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@
             result = __salt__['cmd.run_all'](cmdline, redirect_stderr=True,
                                              env=env_vars)
             if result['retcode'] == 0:
+                __states__['file.managed']('%s/.ready' % cache_dir, replace=False)
                 log2file.debug(result['stdout'])
                 result = __salt__['cmd.run_all'](cpline, redirect_stderr=True,
                                                  cwd=cache_dir, env=env_vars)