diff --git a/tasks/aodh_apache.yml b/tasks/aodh_apache.yml
index 33451ad..8b6ffbb 100644
--- a/tasks/aodh_apache.yml
+++ b/tasks/aodh_apache.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,20 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+# NOTE(hwoarang) default openSUSE apache2 installation is missing
+# some required modules so enable them here. This can possibly be
+# extended to other distributions if necessary.
+- name: Enable required apache2 modules (SUSE)
+  apache2_module:
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    state: "{{ item.state }}"
+  with_items: "{{ aodh_apache_modules }}"
+  when:
+    - ansible_pkg_mgr ==  'zypper'
+    - aodh_apache_modules is defined
+  notify:
+    - Restart web server
+
 - name: Drop apache2 virtual host and ports file
   template:
     src: "{{ item.src }}"
diff --git a/tasks/aodh_install.yml b/tasks/aodh_install.yml
index 710834b..d204bb3 100644
--- a/tasks/aodh_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/aodh_install.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   package:
     name: "{{ item }}"
     state: "{{ aodh_package_state }}"
-    update_cache: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt') | ternary('yes', omit) }}"
+    update_cache: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr in ['apt', 'zypper']) | ternary('yes', omit) }}"
     cache_valid_time: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt') | ternary(cache_timeout, omit) }}"
   register: install_packages
   until: install_packages|success
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   package:
     name: "{{ item }}"
     state: "{{ aodh_package_state }}"
-    update_cache: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt') | ternary('yes', omit) }}"
+    update_cache: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr in ['apt', 'zypper']) | ternary('yes', omit) }}"
     cache_valid_time: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt') | ternary(cache_timeout, omit) }}"
   register: install_packages
   until: install_packages|success
diff --git a/vars/suse-42.yml b/vars/suse-42.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1463554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/suse-42.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2016, Rackspace US, Inc.
+# 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.
+
+# Common packages
+aodh_distro_packages:
+  - rpcbind
+  - apache2
+  - apache2-utils
+  - apache2-mod_wsgi
+  - libffi-devel
+  - libopenssl-devel
+  - libxml2-devel
+  - libxslt-devel
+  - which
+
+aodh_test_distro_packages:
+  - git-core
+
+aodh_system_service_name: apache2
+
+aodh_apache_config:
+  - { src: "aodh-ports.conf.j2", dest: "/etc/apache2/conf.d/ports.conf" }
+  - { src: "aodh-httpd.conf.j2", dest: "/etc/apache2/conf.d/aodh-httpd.conf" }
+
+aodh_apache_default_sites:
+  - "/etc/apache2/conf.d/gitweb.conf"
+
+aodh_apache_conf: "/etc/apache2/httpd.conf"
+aodh_apache_security_conf: "{{ aodh_apache_conf }}"
+
+aodh_apache_modules:
+  - name: "authz_host"
+    state: "present"
+  - name: "access_compat"
+    state: "present"
+  - name: "version"
+    state: "present"