diff --git a/tasks/lxc_install_zypper.yml b/tasks/lxc_install_zypper.yml
index 2010760c..22d46bc2 100644
--- a/tasks/lxc_install_zypper.yml
+++ b/tasks/lxc_install_zypper.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,17 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+- name: Add zypper containers repository
+  zypper_repository:
+    auto_import_keys: yes
+    autorefresh: yes
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    repo: "{{ item.uri }}"
+    runrefresh: yes
+  with_items: "{{ lxc_hosts_external_repo }}"
+  tags:
+    - lxc_hosts-config
+
 - name: Install zypper packages
   zypper:
     name: "{{ lxc_hosts_distro_packages }}"
diff --git a/vars/suse-42.yml b/vars/suse-42.yml
index f2284b3a..9de9d7a0 100644
--- a/vars/suse-42.yml
+++ b/vars/suse-42.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+lxc_hosts_external_repo:
+  - name: "OBS:Virtualization:containers"
+    uri: "http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization:/containers/openSUSE_Leap_{{ ansible_distribution_version }}/"
+
 system_config_dir: "/etc/sysconfig"
 systemd_utils_prefix: "/usr/lib/systemd"
 
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@ lxc_hosts_distro_packages:
   - git-core
   - libseccomp2
   - lxc
-  - lxc-devel
+  - liblxc-devel
   - xz
 
 lxc_xz_bin: xz