diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/concat_file.rb b/lib/puppet/type/concat_file.rb
index 6a6225e3b..9b3fde4dc 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/concat_file.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/concat_file.rb
@@ -148,10 +148,9 @@ def fragment_content(r)
     fragment_content
   end
 
-  def eval_generate
+  def generate
     file_opts = {
       :ensure => self[:ensure] == :absent ? :absent : :file,
-      :content => self.should_content,
     }
 
     [:path, :owner, :group, :mode, :replace, :backup].each do |param|
@@ -162,4 +161,9 @@ def eval_generate
 
     [Puppet::Type.type(:file).new(file_opts)]
   end
+
+  def eval_generate
+    catalog.resource("File[#{self[:path]}]")[:content] = should_content
+    []
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/concurrency_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/concurrency_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fcffdbd10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/acceptance/concurrency_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+require 'spec_helper_acceptance'
+
+describe 'with file recursive purge' do
+  basedir = default.tmpdir('concat')
+  context 'should still create concat file' do
+    pp = <<-EOS
+      file { '#{basedir}/bar':
+        ensure => directory,
+        purge  => true,
+        recurse => true,
+      }
+
+      concat { "foobar":
+        ensure => 'present',
+        path   => '#{basedir}/bar/foobar',
+      }
+
+      concat::fragment { 'foo':
+        target => 'foobar',
+        content => 'foo',
+      }
+    EOS
+
+    it 'applies the manifest twice with no stderr' do
+      apply_manifest(pp, :catch_failures => true)
+      apply_manifest(pp, :catch_changes => true)
+    end
+
+    describe file("#{basedir}/bar/foobar") do
+      it { should be_file }
+      its(:content) {
+        should match 'foo'
+      }
+    end
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/fragment_source_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/fragment_source_spec.rb
index 5d66e4d98..b208979ac 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/fragment_source_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/fragment_source_spec.rb
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@
     end
     describe file("#{basedir}/fail_no_source") do
       #FIXME: Serverspec::Type::File doesn't support exists? for some reason. so... hack.
-      it { should_not be_file }
       it { should_not be_directory }
     end
   end