diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 287703370..d5a399e27 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ but should be one of: ssh-rsa, ssh-dsa, ssh-ecdsa.")
 
   package { 'python-nova':
     ensure => $ensure_package,
+    name   => $::nova::params::python_package_name,
     tag    => ['openstack', 'nova-package'],
   }
 
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 7af047aea..d2e72f9ac 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 class nova::params {
   include ::openstacklib::defaults
   $group = 'nova'
+  if ($::os_package_type == 'debian') {
+    $pyvers = '3'
+  } else {
+    $pyvers = ''
+  }
   case $::osfamily {
     'RedHat': {
       # package names
@@ -12,6 +17,7 @@ class nova::params {
       $placement_package_name        = 'openstack-nova-placement-api'
       $cells_package_name            = 'openstack-nova-cells'
       $common_package_name           = 'openstack-nova-common'
+      $python_package_name           = 'python-nova'
       $compute_package_name          = 'openstack-nova-compute'
       $conductor_package_name        = 'openstack-nova-conductor'
       $consoleauth_package_name      = 'openstack-nova-console'
@@ -79,6 +85,7 @@ class nova::params {
       $placement_package_name       = 'nova-placement-api'
       $cells_package_name           = 'nova-cells'
       $common_package_name          = 'nova-common'
+      $python_package_name          = "python${pyvers}-nova"
       $compute_package_name         = 'nova-compute'
       $conductor_package_name       = 'nova-conductor'
       $consoleauth_package_name     = 'nova-consoleauth'
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_client_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_client_spec.rb
index 262c8e7fb..bd93d02d9 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_client_spec.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ describe 'nova::client' do
     it 'installs nova client package' do
       is_expected.to contain_package('python-novaclient').with(
         :ensure => 'present',
+        :name   => platform_params[:client_package_name],
         :tag    => ['openstack', 'nova-support-package']
       )
     end
@@ -22,6 +23,19 @@ describe 'nova::client' do
         facts.merge!(OSDefaults.get_facts())
       end
 
+      let(:platform_params) do
+        case facts[:osfamily]
+        when 'Debian'
+          if facts[:os_package_type] == 'debian'
+            { :client_package_name => 'python3-novaclient' }
+          else
+            { :client_package_name => 'python-novaclient' }
+          end
+        when 'RedHat'
+          { :client_package_name => 'python-novaclient' }
+        end
+      end
+
       it_behaves_like 'nova client'
     end
   end