diff --git a/CHANGELOG.mkd b/CHANGELOG.mkd
index ee376276d..4ed3f0eed 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.mkd
+++ b/CHANGELOG.mkd
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 Unreleased
 ----------
 - (maint) Update beaker-pe to 3 [#1376](https://github.com/puppetlabs/r10k/pull/1376)
+- (maint) Stop puppet service during tests [#1377](https://github.com/puppetlabs/r10k/pull/1377)
 
 4.0.1
 -----
diff --git a/integration/pre-suite/00_pe_install.rb b/integration/pre-suite/00_pe_install.rb
index e2ff86df4..bf49ec7d7 100755
--- a/integration/pre-suite/00_pe_install.rb
+++ b/integration/pre-suite/00_pe_install.rb
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 
 step 'Install PE'
 install_pe
+
+step 'Stop puppet service to avoid running into existing agent runs'
+on(hosts, puppet('resource service puppet ensure=stopped'))