diff --git a/imagebuild/tinyipa/install-deps.sh b/imagebuild/tinyipa/install-deps.sh
index 6737856e9..1c055544d 100755
--- a/imagebuild/tinyipa/install-deps.sh
+++ b/imagebuild/tinyipa/install-deps.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-PACKAGES="wget python-pip unzip sudo gawk squashfs-tools"
+COMMON_PACKAGES="wget python-pip unzip sudo gawk"
+APT_PACKAGES="${COMMON_PACKAGES} squashfs-tools"
+YUM_PACKAGES="${COMMON_PACKAGES} squashfs-tools"
+ZYPPER_PACKAGES="${COMMON_PACKAGES} squashfs"
 
 echo "Installing dependencies:"
 
-if [ -x "/usr/bin/apt-get" ]; then
+# first zypper in case zypper-aptitude is installed
+if [ -x "/usr/bin/zypper" ]; then
+    sudo -E zypper -n install -l ${ZYPPER_PACKAGES}
+elif [ -x "/usr/bin/apt-get" ]; then
     sudo -E apt-get update
-    sudo -E apt-get install -y $PACKAGES
+    sudo -E apt-get install -y ${APT_PACKAGES}
 elif [ -x "/usr/bin/dnf" ]; then
-    sudo -E dnf install -y $PACKAGES
+    sudo -E dnf install -y ${YUM_PACKAGES}
 elif [ -x "/usr/bin/yum" ]; then
-    sudo -E yum install -y $PACKAGES
+    sudo -E yum install -y ${YUM_PACKAGES}
 else
-    echo "No supported package manager installed on system. Supported: apt, yum, dnf"
+    echo "No supported package manager installed on system. Supported: apt, yum, dnf, zypper"
     exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/suse-tinyipa-support-20acecd6d7b20952.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/suse-tinyipa-support-20acecd6d7b20952.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e901a3ea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/suse-tinyipa-support-20acecd6d7b20952.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Support for zypper has been added to the TinyIPA install-deps script
+    in order to support building TinyIPA on SUSE.