diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 6db40bcd..801d062b 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ swift_system_home_folder: "/var/lib/{{ swift_system_user_name }}"
 
 ## Swift Syslog User / Group
 swift_syslog_user_name: syslog
-swift_syslog_group_name: syslog
+# NOTE(hwoarang) The syslog user on openSUSE belongs to the 'users'
+# group. There is no dedicated syslog group.
+swift_syslog_group_name: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr == 'zypper') | ternary ('users', 'syslog') }}"
 swift_syslog_log_perms: "0644"
 
 ## Auth token
diff --git a/meta/main.yml b/meta/main.yml
index 1868b364..4fcaa074 100644
--- a/meta/main.yml
+++ b/meta/main.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,14 @@ galaxy_info:
     - name: Ubuntu
       versions:
         - xenial
-    - name: CentOS
+    - name: EL
       versions:
         - 7
+    - name: opensuse
+      versions:
+        - 42.1
+        - 42.2
+        - 42.3
   categories:
     - cloud
     - python
diff --git a/tasks/swift_install.yml b/tasks/swift_install.yml
index 40f84793..8f962620 100644
--- a/tasks/swift_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/swift_install.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   package:
     name: "{{ item }}"
     state: "{{ swift_package_state }}"
-    update_cache: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt') | ternary('yes', omit) }}"
+    update_cache: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr in ['apt', 'zypper']) | ternary('yes', omit) }}"
     cache_valid_time: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt') | ternary(cache_timeout, omit) }}"
   register: install_packages
   until: install_packages|success
diff --git a/vars/suse-42.yml b/vars/suse-42.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..201fa9ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/suse-42.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2016, Rackspace US, Inc.
+# Copyright 2017, SUSE LINUX GmbH.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+swift_distro_packages:
+  - curl
+  - gcc
+  - git-core
+  - liberasurecode1
+  - liberasurecode-devel
+  - libffi-devel
+  - openssh
+  - python-devel
+  - rsync
+  - libopenssl-devel
+  - cronie
+  - cronie-anacron
+  - which
+
+swift_rsync_service_name: rsyncd