diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 580fe5a..104ef89 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ galera_client_drop_config_file: "{{ inventory_hostname in groups['galera_all'] o
 galera_client_apt_repo_url: "https://mirror.rackspace.com/mariadb/repo/10.0/ubuntu"
 galera_client_apt_repo: "deb {{ galera_client_apt_repo_url }} {{ ansible_distribution_release }} main"
 
+galera_apt_pinned_packages: [{ package: "*", release: MariaDB, priority: "1001" }]
+
 galera_client_pip_packages:
   - MySQL-python
   - python-memcached
diff --git a/meta/main.yml b/meta/main.yml
index 74f4e8b..068b802 100644
--- a/meta/main.yml
+++ b/meta/main.yml
@@ -30,4 +30,9 @@ galaxy_info:
     - development
     - openstack
 dependencies:
+  - role: apt_package_pinning
+    apt_pinned_packages: "{{ galera_apt_pinned_packages }}"
+    apt_package_pinning_file_name: "galera_client_pin.pref"
+    when:
+      - ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt'
   - pip_install
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/apt-package-pinning-dependency-6e2e94d829508859.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/apt-package-pinning-dependency-6e2e94d829508859.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e24eac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/apt-package-pinning-dependency-6e2e94d829508859.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - The Galera client role now has a dependency on the
+    apt package pinning role.
diff --git a/tasks/galera_client_pre_install.yml b/tasks/galera_client_pre_install.yml
index 7961feb..71a5845 100644
--- a/tasks/galera_client_pre_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/galera_client_pre_install.yml
@@ -49,16 +49,6 @@
   tags:
     - galera-client-apt-keys
 
-- name: Drop galera repo pin
-  template:
-    src: "galera_client_pin.pref.j2"
-    dest: "/etc/apt/preferences.d/galera_client_pin.pref"
-    owner: "root"
-    group: "root"
-    mode: "0644"
-  tags:
-    - galera-client-repo-pin
-
 - name: Add galera repo(s)
   apt_repository:
     repo: "{{ galera_client_apt_repo }}"
diff --git a/templates/galera_client_pin.pref.j2 b/templates/galera_client_pin.pref.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d2a6e5..0000000
--- a/templates/galera_client_pin.pref.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# {{ ansible_managed }}
-
-Package: *
-Pin: release o=MariaDB
-Pin-Priority: 1001
diff --git a/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml b/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml
index 30367e9..3575966 100644
--- a/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml
+++ b/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+- name: apt_package_pinning
+  src: https://git.openstack.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-apt_package_pinning
+  scm: git
+  version: master
 - name: pip_install
   src: https://git.openstack.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-pip_install
   scm: git