diff --git a/elements/snmpd/install.d/67-snmpd b/elements/snmpd/install.d/67-snmpd
index 69342d02f..0a4f71579 100755
--- a/elements/snmpd/install.d/67-snmpd
+++ b/elements/snmpd/install.d/67-snmpd
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eux
 
-install-packages snmpd snmp-mibs-downloader lm-sensors nagios-plugins-basic
+install-packages -m snmpd nagios_plugins_package snmpd_package snmp-mibs-downloader_package lm-sensors_package
+
 # install our snmp check script
 DEST_DIR="/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins"
 if [ ! 'amd64' = "$ARCH" ] || [ ! -d $DEST_DIR ]; then
diff --git a/elements/snmpd/pkg-map b/elements/snmpd/pkg-map
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb9aca2b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/snmpd/pkg-map
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "family": {
+    "redhat": {
+      "nagios_plugins_package": "nagios-common",
+      "snmpd_package": "net-snmp",
+      "lm-sensors_package": "lm_sensors"
+    }
+  },
+  "default": {
+    "nagios_plugins_package": "nagios-plugins-basic",
+    "snmpd_package": "snmpd",
+    "snmp-mibs-downloader_package": "snmp-mibs-downloader",
+    "lm-sensors_package": "lm-sensors"
+  }
+}