diff --git a/manifests/package/debian.pp b/manifests/package/debian.pp
index 8f055b9..62ab5b6 100644
--- a/manifests/package/debian.pp
+++ b/manifests/package/debian.pp
@@ -1,88 +1,98 @@
 # Class: nginx::package::debian
 #
 # This module manages NGINX package installation on debian based systems
 #
 # Parameters:
 #
 # There are no default parameters for this class.
 #
 # Actions:
 #
 # Requires:
 #
 # Sample Usage:
 #
 # This class file is not called directly
 class nginx::package::debian {
 
   $package_name             = $nginx::package_name
   $package_source           = $nginx::package_source
   $package_ensure           = $nginx::package_ensure
   $package_flavor           = $nginx::package_flavor
   $passenger_package_ensure = $nginx::passenger_package_ensure
   $manage_repo              = $nginx::manage_repo
   $release                  = $nginx::repo_release
   $repo_source              = $nginx::repo_source
 
   $distro = downcase($facts['os']['name'])
 
   package { 'nginx':
     ensure => $package_ensure,
     name   => $package_name,
   }
 
   if $manage_repo {
     include 'apt'
     Exec['apt_update'] -> Package['nginx']
 
     case $package_source {
       'nginx', 'nginx-stable': {
         $stable_repo_source = $repo_source ? {
           undef => "https://nginx.org/packages/${distro}",
           default => $repo_source,
         }
         apt::source { 'nginx':
           location => $stable_repo_source,
           repos    => 'nginx',
           key      => {'id' => '573BFD6B3D8FBC641079A6ABABF5BD827BD9BF62'},
           release  => $release,
         }
       }
       'nginx-mainline': {
         $mainline_repo_source = $repo_source ? {
           undef => "https://nginx.org/packages/mainline/${distro}",
           default => $repo_source,
         }
         apt::source { 'nginx':
           location => $mainline_repo_source,
           repos    => 'nginx',
           key      => {'id' => '573BFD6B3D8FBC641079A6ABABF5BD827BD9BF62'},
           release  => $release,
         }
       }
       'passenger': {
         $passenger_repo_source = $repo_source ? {
           undef => 'https://oss-binaries.phusionpassenger.com/apt/passenger',
           default => $repo_source,
         }
         apt::source { 'nginx':
           location => $passenger_repo_source,
           repos    => 'main',
           key      => {'id' => '16378A33A6EF16762922526E561F9B9CAC40B2F7'},
         }
 
-        package { 'passenger':
-          ensure  => $passenger_package_ensure,
-          require => Exec['apt_update'],
+        # From Ubuntu 18.04/Debian 9 libnginx-mod-http-passenger is needed
+        # libnginx-mod-http-passenger will install passenger as a dependency
+        if ( ($::operatingsystem == 'Ubuntu') and ($facts['os']['release']['major'] >='18')) or
+           ( ($::operatingsystem == 'Debian') and ($facts['os']['release']['major'] >='9')) {
+              package { 'libnginx-mod-http-passenger':
+                ensure  => $passenger_package_ensure,
+                require => Exec['apt_update'],
+              }
+        } else {
+            package { 'passenger':
+              ensure  => $passenger_package_ensure,
+              require => Exec['apt_update'],
+            }
         }
 
         if $package_name != 'nginx-extras' {
           warning('You must set $package_name to "nginx-extras" to enable Passenger')
         }
       }
       default: {
         fail("\$package_source must be 'nginx-stable', 'nginx-mainline' or 'passenger'. It was set to '${package_source}'")
       }
     }
   }
 }