windows_package installer_type should be a symbol

Fixes #1997

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/chef/resource/windows_package.rb b/lib/chef/resource/windows_package.rb
index c563ba5fdc..9bf3443423 100644
--- a/lib/chef/resource/windows_package.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/resource/windows_package.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class Chef
         set_or_return(
           :installer_type,
           arg,
-          :kind_of => [ String ]
+          :kind_of => [ Symbol ]
         )
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/unit/resource/windows_package_spec.rb b/spec/unit/resource/windows_package_spec.rb
index 3c45548ece..0034a731b4 100644
--- a/spec/unit/resource/windows_package_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/resource/windows_package_spec.rb
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ describe Chef::Resource::WindowsPackage, "initialize", :windows_only do
     expect(resource.provider).to eql(Chef::Provider::Package::Windows)
   end
 
-  it "supports setting installer_type" do
-    resource.installer_type("msi")
-    expect(resource.installer_type).to eql("msi")
+  it "supports setting installer_type as a symbol" do
+    resource.installer_type(:msi)
+    expect(resource.installer_type).to eql(:msi)
   end
 
   # String, Integer