diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 0de2205..2ea358a 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,5 +13,22 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+- name: Gather variables for each operating system
+  include_vars: "{{ item }}"
+  with_first_found:
+    - "{{ ansible_distribution | lower }}-{{ ansible_distribution_version | lower }}.yml"
+    - "{{ ansible_distribution | lower }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version | lower }}.yml"
+    - "{{ ansible_os_family | lower }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version | lower }}.yml"
+    - "{{ ansible_distribution | lower }}.yml"
+    - "{{ ansible_os_family | lower }}-{{ ansible_distribution_version.split('.')[0] }}.yml"
+    - "{{ ansible_os_family | lower }}.yml"
+  tags:
+    - always
+
+- name: Install required distro packages for mounts
+  package:
+    name: "{{ systemd_mount_packages }}"
+    state: present
+
 - include_tasks: systemd_mounts.yml
   with_items: "{{ systemd_mounts }}"
diff --git a/vars/debian.yml b/vars/debian.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d4f164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/debian.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+systemd_nfs_packages:
+  - nfs-common
+
+systemd_ceph_packages:
+  - ceph-fuse
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index f36ae87..f587f93 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -19,3 +19,14 @@ systemd_mount_states:
   started: reload-or-restart
   stopped: stopped
   absent: stopped
+
+systemd_mount_packages: |-
+  {% set packages = [] %}
+  {% set mount_types = systemd_mounts | map(attribute='type') | list %}
+  {% if 'nfs' in mount_types %}
+  {%   set _ = packages.extend(systemd_nfs_packages) %}
+  {% endif %}
+  {% if 'ceph' in mount_types %}
+  {%   set _ = packages.extend(systemd_ceph_packages) %}
+  {% endif %}
+  {{ packages }}
diff --git a/vars/redhat.yml b/vars/redhat.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2ae174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/redhat.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+systemd_nfs_packages:
+  - nfs-utils
+
+systemd_ceph_packages:
+  - ceph-fuse