diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 0730b36..bc2eca8 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -3,9 +3,15 @@
 class freezer::params {
   include ::openstacklib::defaults
 
+  if ($::os_package_type == 'debian') {
+    $pyvers = '3'
+  } else {
+    $pyvers = ''
+  }
+
   $api_deploy_method  = 'apache'
   $api_bind_port      = '9090'
-  $client_package     = 'python-freezerclient'
+  $client_package     = "python${pyvers}-freezerclient"
   $freezer_db_backend = 'elasticsearch'
   $db_sync_command    = 'freezer-manage db sync'
   $group              = 'freezer'
diff --git a/spec/classes/freezer_client_spec.rb b/spec/classes/freezer_client_spec.rb
index 598ccfd..3c8d167 100644
--- a/spec/classes/freezer_client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/freezer_client_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ describe 'freezer::client' do
   shared_examples 'freezer client' do
     it { is_expected.to contain_class('freezer::params') }
     it { is_expected.to contain_package('python-freezerclient').with(
-        :name     => 'python-freezerclient',
+        :name     => platform_params[:client_package_name],
         :ensure   => 'present',
         :tag      => ['openstack', 'freezer-support-package'],
         :provider => 'pip',
@@ -21,6 +21,19 @@ describe 'freezer::client' do
         facts.merge!(OSDefaults.get_facts())
       end
 
+      let(:platform_params) do
+        case facts[:osfamily]
+        when 'Debian'
+          if facts[:os_package_type] == 'debian'
+            { :client_package_name => 'python3-freezerclient' }
+          else
+            { :client_package_name => 'python-freezerclient' }
+          end
+        when 'RedHat'
+          { :client_package_name => 'python-freezerclient' }
+        end
+      end
+
       it_configures 'freezer client'
     end
   end