diff --git a/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh b/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
index 3df5ad113d..0af2f3a4d5 100755
--- a/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
+++ b/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
@@ -333,8 +333,8 @@ AMP_element_sequence="$AMP_element_sequence amphora-agent"
 # Add pyroute2 element
 AMP_element_sequence="$AMP_element_sequence pyroute2"
 
-# Add the vrrp Octacia element
-AMP_element_sequence="$AMP_element_sequence vrrp-octavia"
+# Add the keepalived Octavia element
+AMP_element_sequence="$AMP_element_sequence keepalived-octavia-ubuntu"
 
 # Allow full elements override
 if [ "$DIB_ELEMENTS" ]; then
diff --git a/elements/keepalived-octavia-ubuntu/README.rst b/elements/keepalived-octavia-ubuntu/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c196323346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/keepalived-octavia-ubuntu/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Element to install an Octavia Amphora with keepalived backend.
+
+
diff --git a/elements/keepalived-octavia-ubuntu/element-deps b/elements/keepalived-octavia-ubuntu/element-deps
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29e4e2426c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/keepalived-octavia-ubuntu/element-deps
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+os-svc-install
+package-installs
diff --git a/elements/keepalived-octavia-ubuntu/package-installs.json b/elements/keepalived-octavia-ubuntu/package-installs.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aba7c57226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/keepalived-octavia-ubuntu/package-installs.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "keepalived/trusty-backports": null
+}
diff --git a/elements/keepalived-octavia-ubuntu/pre-install.d/00-backports b/elements/keepalived-octavia-ubuntu/pre-install.d/00-backports
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6f284bd487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/keepalived-octavia-ubuntu/pre-install.d/00-backports
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Add the Ubuntu backports archive
+
+set -eu
+set -o xtrace
+
+echo deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list
diff --git a/elements/vrrp-octavia/svc-map b/elements/keepalived-octavia-ubuntu/svc-map
similarity index 100%
rename from elements/vrrp-octavia/svc-map
rename to elements/keepalived-octavia-ubuntu/svc-map
diff --git a/elements/vrrp-octavia/README.rst b/elements/vrrp-octavia/README.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 3db03dc16b..0000000000
--- a/elements/vrrp-octavia/README.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Element to install keepalived.
-
-
diff --git a/elements/vrrp-octavia/element-deps b/elements/vrrp-octavia/element-deps
deleted file mode 100644
index 715c11e2f5..0000000000
--- a/elements/vrrp-octavia/element-deps
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-source-repositories
diff --git a/elements/vrrp-octavia/install.d/77-vrrp b/elements/vrrp-octavia/install.d/77-vrrp
deleted file mode 100755
index 4647f0bfd7..0000000000
--- a/elements/vrrp-octavia/install.d/77-vrrp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -eux
-
-# install keepalived dependances.
-apt-get --assume-yes install `apt-cache depends keepalived | awk '/Depends:/{print$2}'`
-# Checks out keepalived version 1.2.19, compiles and installs binaries.
-cd /opt/vrrp-octavia/
-git checkout v1.2.19
-./configure
-make
-make install
diff --git a/elements/vrrp-octavia/source-repository-vrrp-octavia b/elements/vrrp-octavia/source-repository-vrrp-octavia
deleted file mode 100644
index 732f7ed097..0000000000
--- a/elements/vrrp-octavia/source-repository-vrrp-octavia
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Clone source for keepalived version 1.2.19. Correct version is in
-# the installation script
-vrrp-octavia git /opt/vrrp-octavia https://github.com/acassen/keepalived
diff --git a/octavia/common/constants.py b/octavia/common/constants.py
index c874a97f5d..e29ea747a8 100644
--- a/octavia/common/constants.py
+++ b/octavia/common/constants.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ VRRP_AUTH_DEFAULT = 'PASS'
 VRRP_AUTH_AH = 'AH'
 SUPPORTED_VRRP_AUTH = (VRRP_AUTH_DEFAULT, VRRP_AUTH_AH)
 
-KEEPALIVED_CMD = '/usr/local/sbin/keepalived '
+KEEPALIVED_CMD = '/usr/sbin/keepalived '
 # The DEFAULT_VRRP_ID value needs to be variable for multi tenant support
 # per amphora in the future
 DEFAULT_VRRP_ID = 1