diff --git a/deployment/puppet/ceph/manifests/nova_compute.pp b/deployment/puppet/ceph/manifests/nova_compute.pp
index 36134edf18..c07b106bfe 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/ceph/manifests/nova_compute.pp
+++ b/deployment/puppet/ceph/manifests/nova_compute.pp
@@ -5,14 +5,27 @@ class ceph::nova_compute (
   $compute_pool        = $::ceph::compute_pool,
 ) {
 
+  include ::nova::params
+
   file {'/root/secret.xml':
     content => template('ceph/secret.erb')
   }
 
-  if !defined(Service['libvirt'] ) {
+  # TODO(aschultz): Just use $::nova::params::libvirt_service_name when a
+  # version of puppet-nova has been pulled in that uses os_package_type to
+  # correctly handle the service names for ubuntu vs debian. Upstream bug
+  # LP#1515076
+  # NOTE: for debian packages and centos the name is the same ('libvirtd') so
+  # we are defaulting to that for backwards compatibility. LP#1469308
+  $libvirt_service_name = $::os_package_type ? {
+    'ubuntu' => $::nova::params::libvirt_service_name,
+    default  => 'libvirtd'
+  }
+
+  if !defined(Service['libvirt']) {
     service { 'libvirt':
+      name   => $libvirt_service_name,
       ensure => 'running',
-      name   => $::ceph::params::libvirt_service_name,
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/deployment/puppet/ceph/manifests/params.pp b/deployment/puppet/ceph/manifests/params.pp
index 518d78d357..85fb94fbe9 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/ceph/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/deployment/puppet/ceph/manifests/params.pp
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 # These are per-OS parameters and should be considered static
 class ceph::params {
 
-  #1.2.9 debian package service name is libvirtd
-  #http://http.debian.net/debian/pool/main/libv/libvirt/libvirt_1.2.9-9.debian.tar.xz
-  $libvirt_service_name           = 'libvirtd'
-
   case $::osfamily {
     'RedHat': {
       $service_name               = 'ceph'