diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 4b04271..7f39fbf 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@
 class cloudkitty::params {
   include ::openstacklib::defaults
 
-  $client_package_name    = 'python-cloudkittyclient'
+  if ($::os_package_type == 'debian') {
+    $pyvers = '3'
+  } else {
+    $pyvers = ''
+  }
+  $client_package_name    = "python${pyvers}-cloudkittyclient"
   $api_service_name       = 'cloudkitty-api'
   $processor_service_name = 'cloudkitty-processor'
   $group                  = 'cloudkitty'
diff --git a/spec/classes/cloudkitty_client_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cloudkitty_client_spec.rb
index da4d362..bc5fee3 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cloudkitty_client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cloudkitty_client_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe 'cloudkitty::client' do
     it 'installs cloudkitty client package' do
       is_expected.to contain_package('python-cloudkittyclient').with(
         :ensure => 'present',
-        :name   => 'python-cloudkittyclient',
+        :name   => platform_params[:client_package_name],
         :tag    => 'openstack',
       )
     end
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@ describe 'cloudkitty::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-cloudkittyclient' }
+          else
+            { :client_package_name => 'python-cloudkittyclient' }
+          end
+        when 'RedHat'
+          { :client_package_name => 'python-cloudkittyclient' }
+        end
+      end
+
       it_configures 'cloudkitty client'
     end
   end