diff --git a/manifests/mod/python.pp b/manifests/mod/python.pp
index 7c730f8..cf14048 100644
--- a/manifests/mod/python.pp
+++ b/manifests/mod/python.pp
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 class apache::mod::python {
   include apache
 
-  package { "python":
-    name => $operatingsystem ? {
-      'centos', 'fedora', 'redhat', 'scientific' => "mod_python",
-      default => "libapache2-mod-python",
-    },
+  package { "mod_python_package":
+    name    => $apache::params::mod_python_package,
     ensure  => installed,
     require => Package["httpd"];
   }
diff --git a/manifests/mod/wsgi.pp b/manifests/mod/wsgi.pp
index 776a315..dd83ee7 100644
--- a/manifests/mod/wsgi.pp
+++ b/manifests/mod/wsgi.pp
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 class apache::mod::wsgi {
   include apache
 
-  package { "wsgi":
-    name => $operatingsystem ? {
-      'centos', 'fedora', 'redhat', 'scientific' => "mod_wsgi",
-      default => "libapache2-mod-wsgi",
-    },
+  package { "mod_wsgi_package":
+    name    => $apache::params::mod_wsgi_package,
     ensure  => installed,
     require => Package["httpd"];
   }
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 950ffc6..86d0620 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class apache::params {
     'centos', 'redhat', 'fedora', 'scientific': {
        $apache_name = 'httpd'
        $php_package = 'php'
+       $mod_python_package = 'mod_python'
+       $mod_wsgi_package = 'mod_wsgi'
        $ssl_package = 'mod_ssl'
        $apache_dev  = 'httpd-devel'
        $vdir = '/etc/httpd/conf.d/'
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ class apache::params {
     'ubuntu', 'debian': {
        $apache_name = 'apache2'
        $php_package = 'libapache2-mod-php5'
+       $mod_python_package = 'libapache2-mod-python'
+       $mod_wsgi_package = 'libapache2-mod-wsgi'
        $ssl_package = 'apache-ssl'
        $apache_dev  = [ 'libaprutil1-dev', 'libapr1-dev', 'apache2-prefork-dev' ]
        $vdir = '/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/'
@@ -48,6 +52,8 @@ class apache::params {
     default: {
        $apache_name = 'apache2'
        $php_package = 'libapache2-mod-php5'
+       $mod_python_package = 'libapache2-mod-python'
+       $mod_wsgi_package = 'libapache2-mod-wsgi'
        $ssl_package = 'apache-ssl'
        $apache_dev  = 'apache-dev'
        $vdir = '/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/'