diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index 31902dc..04edcde 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -176,3 +176,17 @@ users:
 absent_users:
   - donald
   - bad_guy
+
+groups:
+  badguys:
+    absent: True
+  niceguys:
+    gid: 4242
+    system: False
+    addusers: root
+    delusers: toor
+  ssl-cert:
+    system: True
+    members:
+    - www-data
+    - openldap
diff --git a/users/init.sls b/users/init.sls
index 696ccbd..068d3f6 100644
--- a/users/init.sls
+++ b/users/init.sls
@@ -5,13 +5,20 @@
 {% set used_user_files = [] %}
 
 {% for group, setting in salt['pillar.get']('groups', {}).items() %}
-users_group_{{ setting.get('state', "present") }}_{{ group }}:
-  group.{{ setting.get('state', "present") }}:
+{%   if setting.absent is defined and setting.absent or setting.get('state', "present") == 'absent' %}
+users_group_absent_{{ group }}:
+  group.absent:
     - name: {{ group }}
-    {%- if setting.get('gid') %}
-    - gid: {{setting.get('gid')  }}
-    {%- endif %}
+{% else %}
+users_group_present_{{ group }}:
+  group.present:
+    - name: {{ group }}
+    - gid: {{ setting.get('gid', "null") }}
     - system: {{ setting.get('system',"False") }}
+    - members: {{ setting.get('members')|json }}
+    - addusers: {{ setting.get('addusers')|json }}
+    - delusers: {{ setting.get('delusers')|json }}
+{% endif %}
 {% endfor %}
 
 {%- for name, user in pillar.get('users', {}).items()