diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index e1ef016..86f0ecf 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -74,7 +74,15 @@ class cloudkitty::api (
     include cloudkitty::db::sync
   }
 
-  if $service_name == 'httpd' {
+  if $service_name == $::cloudkitty::params::api_service_name {
+    service { 'cloudkitty-api':
+      enable     => $enabled,
+      name       => 'cloudkitty-api',
+      hasstatus  => true,
+      hasrestart => true,
+      tag        => 'cloudkitty-service',
+    }
+  } elsif $service_name == 'httpd' {
     include apache::params
     service { 'cloudkitty-api':
       ensure => 'stopped',
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/debian-uwsgi-7e64888abb29273a.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/debian-uwsgi-7e64888abb29273a.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf158aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/debian-uwsgi-7e64888abb29273a.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    It is now possible to run cloudkitty-api using the default package service,
+    which may be useful if running under Debian, where cloudkitty-api runs
+    using uwsgi.
diff --git a/spec/classes/cloudkitty_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cloudkitty_api_spec.rb
index 759e0e7..4d8481a 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cloudkitty_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cloudkitty_api_spec.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,22 @@ describe 'cloudkitty::api' do
       end
     end
 
+    context 'when running cloudkitty-api as standalone' do
+      before do
+        params.merge!({ :service_name => platform_params[:api_service_name] })
+      end
+
+      it 'configures cloudkitty-api service as standalone' do
+        is_expected.to contain_service('cloudkitty-api').with(
+          :enable     => true,
+          :name       => platform_params[:api_service_name],
+          :hasstatus  => true,
+          :hasrestart => true,
+          :tag        => 'cloudkitty-service',
+        )
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'when service_name is not valid' do
       before do
         params.merge!({ :service_name => 'foobar' })