diff --git a/roles/ipaclient/library/ipaclient_setup_nis.py b/roles/ipaclient/library/ipaclient_setup_nis.py
index f07d391c21867cec8d00f1703f936c18730d5688..6c4141a86fe03184960d80cc9cd698584cc25015 100644
--- a/roles/ipaclient/library/ipaclient_setup_nis.py
+++ b/roles/ipaclient/library/ipaclient_setup_nis.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 # Based on ipa-client-install code
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2017  Red Hat
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2022  Red Hat
 # see file 'COPYING' for use and warranty information
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -40,12 +40,14 @@ description:
 options:
   domain:
     description: Primary DNS domain of the IPA deployment
-    required: no
+    type: str
+    required: yes
   nisdomain:
     description: The NIS domain name
-    required: yes
+    type: str
+    required: no
 author:
-    - Thomas Woerner
+    - Thomas Woerner (@t-woerner)
 '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
@@ -59,21 +61,22 @@ RETURN = '''
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible.module_utils.ansible_ipa_client import (
-    setup_logging, options, sysrestore, paths, configure_nisdomain,
-    getargspec
+    setup_logging, check_imports, options, sysrestore, paths,
+    configure_nisdomain, getargspec
 )
 
 
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
-            domain=dict(required=True),
-            nisdomain=dict(required=False),
+            domain=dict(required=True, type='str'),
+            nisdomain=dict(required=False, type='str'),
         ),
-        supports_check_mode=True,
+        supports_check_mode=False,
     )
 
     module._ansible_debug = True
+    check_imports(module)
     setup_logging()
 
     domain = module.params.get('domain')