diff --git a/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/galera.cnf.j2 b/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/galera.cnf.j2
index 1adcd483ad..debeba1a30 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/galera.cnf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/galera.cnf.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{%- set wsrep_driver = '/usr/lib/galera/libgalera_smm.so' if kolla_base_distro == 'ubuntu' else '/usr/lib64/galera/libgalera_smm.so' %}
+{%- set wsrep_driver = '/usr/lib/galera/libgalera_smm.so' if kolla_base_distro in ['debian', 'ubuntu'] else '/usr/lib64/galera/libgalera_smm.so' %}
 
 [client]
 default-character-set=utf8