diff --git a/meta/main.yml b/meta/main.yml
index d815fc16..e6cc3bcc 100644
--- a/meta/main.yml
+++ b/meta/main.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ galaxy_info:
     - name: EL
       versions:
         - 7
+    - name: opensuse
+      versions:
+        - 42.1
+        - 42.2
+        - 42.3
   categories:
     - cloud
     - python
diff --git a/tasks/cinder_install.yml b/tasks/cinder_install.yml
index 127c8002..11213708 100644
--- a/tasks/cinder_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/cinder_install.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   package:
     name: "{{ cinder_package_list }}"
     state: "{{ cinder_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 00000000..0862899d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/suse-42.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+---
+# 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.
+
+# service names
+tgt_service_name: tgtd
+
+# Common yum packages
+cinder_distro_packages:
+  - nfs-utils
+  - rpcbind
+  - libxslt-devel
+  - postgresql-devel
+  - libkmod-devel
+  - libkmod2
+  - zlib-devel
+  - which
+  - open-iscsi
+
+cinder_developer_mode_distro_packages:
+  - git-core
+
+cinder_volume_distro_packages:
+  - qemu-tools
+
+cinder_lvm_volume_distro_packages:
+  - device-mapper
+  - lvm2
+  - parted
+  - tgt