diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 40fe913..4bca85d 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -1,8 +1,34 @@
 Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
-  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/xenial64"
-  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
-    sudo su -
-    cd /vagrant
-    ./run_tests.sh
-  SHELL
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
+    v.memory = 2048
+    v.cpus = 2
+  end
+
+  config.vm.define "ubuntu1604" do |xenial|
+    xenial.vm.box = "ubuntu/xenial64"
+    xenial.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
+      sudo su -
+      cd /vagrant
+      ./run_tests.sh
+    SHELL
+  end
+
+  config.vm.define "opensuse421" do |leap421|
+    leap421.vm.box = "opensuse/openSUSE-42.1-x86_64"
+    leap421.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
+      sudo su -
+      cd /vagrant
+      ./run_tests.sh
+    SHELL
+  end
+
+  config.vm.define "centos7" do |centos7|
+    centos7.vm.box = "centos/7"
+    centos7.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
+      sudo su -
+      cd /vagrant
+      ./run_tests.sh
+    SHELL
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 8d5f59d..02339d5 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,24 @@
 #
 # See the following for details:
 #  - http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/
-#  - https://github.com/openstack-infra/bindep
+#  - https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack-infra/bindep
 #
 # Even if the role does not make use of this facility, it
 # is better to have this file empty, otherwise OpenStack-CI
 # will fall back to installing its default packages which
 # will potentially be detrimental to the tests executed.
+#
+# Note:
+# This file is maintained in the openstack-ansible-tests repository.
+# https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/openstack-ansible-tests/tree/bindep.txt
+# If you need to remove or add extra dependencies, you should modify
+# the central file instead and once your change is accepted then update
+# this file as well. The purpose of this file is to ensure that Python and
+# Ansible have all their necessary binary requirements on the test host before
+# tox executes. Any binary requirements needed by services/roles should be
+# installed by those roles in their applicable package install tasks, not through
+# using this file.
+#
 
 # Base requirements for Ubuntu
 build-essential   [platform:dpkg]
@@ -18,24 +30,26 @@ libffi-dev        [platform:dpkg]
 python2.7         [platform:dpkg]
 python-dev        [platform:dpkg]
 
-# Base requirements for CentOS
+# Base requirements for RPM distros
 gcc               [platform:rpm]
 gcc-c++           [platform:rpm]
 git               [platform:rpm]
-python-devel      [platform:rpm]
 libffi-devel      [platform:rpm]
 openssl-devel     [platform:rpm]
+python-devel      [platform:rpm]
 
 # For SELinux
-libselinux-python [platform:rpm]
+libselinux-python [platform:centos]
+libsemanage-python [platform:centos]
 
 # For SSL SNI support
-python-pyasn1               [platform:dpkg]
-python-openssl              [platform:dpkg]
+python-pyasn1               [platform:dpkg platform:suselinux]
+python-openssl              [platform:dpkg platform:suselinux]
 python-ndg-httpsclient      [platform:ubuntu]
-python2-pyasn1              [platform:rpm]
-python2-pyOpenSSL           [platform:rpm]
-python-ndg_httpsclient      [platform:rpm]
+python2-pyasn1              [platform:centos]
+python2-pyOpenSSL           [platform:centos]
+python-pyOpenSSL            [platform:suselinux]
+python-ndg_httpsclient      [platform:centos]
 
 # Required for compressing collected log files in CI
 gzip
diff --git a/files/memcached.service.suse b/files/memcached.service.suse
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd9c1d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/memcached.service.suse
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=memcached daemon
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/memcached
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/memcached -u $MEMCACHED_USER $MEMCACHED_PARAMS
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/meta/main.yml b/meta/main.yml
index 67f6133..c131cf5 100644
--- a/meta/main.yml
+++ b/meta/main.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ galaxy_info:
     - name: EL
       versions:
         - 7
+    - name: opensuse
+      versions:
+        - all
   categories:
     - cloud
     - memcached
diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index 94ccf8b..5e775e5 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -13,62 +13,35 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-set -xeuo pipefail
+set -xeu
 
-FUNCTIONAL_TEST=${FUNCTIONAL_TEST:-true}
+source /etc/os-release || /usr/lib/os-release
 
-# Install python2 for Ubuntu 16.04 and CentOS 7
-if which apt-get; then
-    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y python
-fi
+install_pkg_deps() {
+    pkg_deps="git"
 
-if which yum; then
-    sudo yum install -y python
-fi
+    case ${ID,,} in
+        *suse*) pkg_mgr_cmd="zypper -n in" ;;
+        centos|rhel) pkg_mgr_cmd="yum install -y" ;;
+        fedora) pkg_mgr_cmd="dnf -y install" ;;
+        ubuntu|debian) pkg_mgr_cmd="apt-get install -y" ;;
+        *) echo "unsupported distribution: ${ID,,}"; exit 1 ;;
+    esac
 
-# Install pip.
-if ! which pip; then
-  curl --silent --show-error --retry 5 \
-    https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | sudo python2.7
-fi
+    eval sudo $pkg_mgr_cmd $pkg_deps
+}
 
-# Install bindep and tox with pip.
-sudo pip install bindep tox
-
-# CentOS 7 requires two additional packages:
-#   redhat-lsb-core - for bindep profile support
-#   epel-release    - required to install python-ndg_httpsclient/python2-pyasn1
-if which yum; then
-    sudo yum -y install redhat-lsb-core epel-release
-fi
-
-# Get a list of packages to install with bindep. If packages need to be
-# installed, bindep exits with an exit code of 1.
-BINDEP_PKGS=$(bindep -b -f bindep.txt test || true)
-echo "Packages to install: ${BINDEP_PKGS}"
-
-# Install a list of OS packages provided by bindep.
-if which apt-get; then
-    sudo apt-get update
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
-      sudo apt-get -q --option "Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold" \
-      --assume-yes install $BINDEP_PKGS
-elif which yum; then
-    # Don't run yum with an empty list of packages.
-    # It will fail and cause the script to exit with an error.
-    if [[ ${#BINDEP_PKGS} > 0 ]]; then
-      sudo yum install -y $BINDEP_PKGS
+git_clone_repo() {
+    if [[ ! -d tests/common ]]; then
+        git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-tests tests/common
     fi
-fi
+}
 
-# Loop through each tox environment and run tests.
-for tox_env in $(awk -F= '/envlist/ { gsub(",", " "); print $2 }' tox.ini); do
-  echo "Executing tox environment: ${tox_env}"
-  if [[ ${tox_env} == ansible-functional ]]; then
-    if ${FUNCTIONAL_TEST}; then
-      tox -e ${tox_env}
-    fi
-  else
-    tox -e ${tox_env}
-  fi
-done
+install_pkg_deps
+
+git_clone_repo
+
+# start executing the main test script
+source tests/common/run_tests.sh
+
+# vim: set ts=4 sw=4 expandtab:
diff --git a/tasks/install-zypper.yml b/tasks/install-zypper.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..962da73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/install-zypper.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2017, SUSE LINUX GmbH.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+- name: Install zypper packages
+  zypper:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: "{{ memcached_package_state }}"
+  register: install_zypper_packages
+  until: install_zypper_packages | success
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 2
+  with_items: "{{ memcached_distro_packages }}"
+
+- name: Install zypper packages for testing
+  zypper:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: "{{ memcached_package_state }}"
+  register: install_zypper_test_packages
+  until: install_zypper_test_packages | success
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 2
+  with_items: "{{ memcached_test_distro_packages }}"
+  when: install_test_packages|bool
diff --git a/tasks/memcached_config.yml b/tasks/memcached_config.yml
index 03478c1..20156ef 100644
--- a/tasks/memcached_config.yml
+++ b/tasks/memcached_config.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@
     mode: "0644"
   notify: Restart memcached
 
+- name: Override systemd service file
+  copy:
+    src: "{{ memcached_systemd_service }}"
+    dest: "/etc/systemd/system/memcached.service"
+    owner: "root"
+    group: "root"
+    mode: "0644"
+  when: memcached_systemd_service is defined
+  notify: Restart memcached
+
 - name: Create memcached systemd service config dir
   file:
     path: "/etc/systemd/system/memcached.service.d"
diff --git a/tasks/memcached_install.yml b/tasks/memcached_install.yml
index 8d31040..7df50d1 100644
--- a/tasks/memcached_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/memcached_install.yml
@@ -13,12 +13,5 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-- include: install-apt.yml
+- include: install-{{ ansible_pkg_mgr }}.yml
   static: no
-  when:
-    - ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt'
-
-- include: install-yum.yml
-  static: no
-  when:
-    - ansible_pkg_mgr == 'yum'
diff --git a/templates/memcached.suse.j2 b/templates/memcached.suse.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80db4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/memcached.suse.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+{% if debug | bool %}
+  {% set _verbosity = '-vvv' %}
+{% else %}
+  {% set _verbosity = '-v' %}
+{% endif %}
+
+MEMCACHED_PARAMS="-l {{ memcached_listen }} -p {{ memcached_port }} -c {{ memcached_connections }} -t {{ memcached_threads }} {{ _verbosity }}"
+
+## Path:        Network/WWW/Memcached
+## Description: username memcached should run as
+## Type:        string
+## Default:     "memcached"
+## Config:      memcached
+#
+# username memcached should run as
+#
+MEMCACHED_USER="{{ memcached_user }}"
+
+## Path:        Network/WWW/Memcached
+## Description: group memcached should be run as
+## Type:        string
+## Default:     "memcached"
+## Config:      memcached
+#
+# group memcached should be run as
+#
+MEMCACHED_GROUP="memcached"
diff --git a/vars/suse.yml b/vars/suse.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..689dded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/suse.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2017, SUSE LINUX GmbH.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+memcached_user: memcached
+
+memcached_distro_packages:
+  - memcached
+
+memcached_test_distro_packages:
+  - netcat-openbsd
+
+memcached_conf_template: memcached.suse.j2
+
+memcached_systemd_service: memcached.service.suse
+
+memcached_conf_dest: /etc/sysconfig/memcached