diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 329fb665..7b6faa95 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -433,13 +433,22 @@ class horizon(
   }
 
   exec { 'refresh_horizon_django_cache':
-    command     => "${::horizon::params::manage_py} collectstatic --noinput --clear && ${::horizon::params::manage_py} compress --force",
+    command     => "${::horizon::params::manage_py} collectstatic --noinput --clear",
     refreshonly => true,
     require     => Package['horizon'],
   }
 
-  if $::os_package_type == 'rpm' and $compress_offline {
-    Concat[$::horizon::params::config_file] ~> Exec['refresh_horizon_django_cache']
+  exec { 'refresh_horizon_django_compress':
+    command     => "${::horizon::params::manage_py} compress --force",
+    refreshonly => true,
+    require     => Package['horizon'],
+  }
+
+  if $compress_offline {
+    Concat[$::horizon::params::config_file] ~> Exec['refresh_horizon_django_compress']
+    if $::os_package_type == 'rpm' {
+      Concat[$::horizon::params::config_file] ~> Exec['refresh_horizon_django_cache'] -> Exec['refresh_horizon_django_compress']
+    }
   }
 
   if $configure_apache {
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/horizon_django_cache_compress_ubuntu-e1807c69e52048fd.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/horizon_django_cache_compress_ubuntu-e1807c69e52048fd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..166184e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/horizon_django_cache_compress_ubuntu-e1807c69e52048fd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - Horizon Offline Generation Error on ubuntu systems. Previously, the 'manage.py compress' only ran on redhat. This change
+    allows the command to be executed on ubuntu also.
diff --git a/spec/classes/horizon_init_spec.rb b/spec/classes/horizon_init_spec.rb
index d0780dbb..af67b524 100644
--- a/spec/classes/horizon_init_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/horizon_init_spec.rb
@@ -25,14 +25,20 @@ describe 'horizon' do
           )
       }
       it { is_expected.to contain_exec('refresh_horizon_django_cache').with({
-          :command     => '/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/manage.py collectstatic --noinput --clear && /usr/share/openstack-dashboard/manage.py compress --force',
+          :command     => '/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/manage.py collectstatic --noinput --clear',
+          :refreshonly => true,
+      })}
+      it { is_expected.to contain_exec('refresh_horizon_django_compress').with({
+          :command     => '/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/manage.py compress --force',
           :refreshonly => true,
       })}
       it {
         if facts[:os_package_type] == 'rpm'
           is_expected.to contain_concat(platforms_params[:config_file]).that_notifies('Exec[refresh_horizon_django_cache]')
+          is_expected.to contain_concat(platforms_params[:config_file]).that_notifies('Exec[refresh_horizon_django_compress]')
         else
           is_expected.to_not contain_concat(platforms_params[:config_file]).that_notifies('Exec[refresh_horizon_django_cache]')
+          is_expected.to contain_concat(platforms_params[:config_file]).that_notifies('Exec[refresh_horizon_django_compress]')
         end
       }
 
@@ -169,6 +175,7 @@ describe 'horizon' do
       end
 
       it { is_expected.not_to contain_file(platforms_params[:config_file]).that_notifies('Exec[refresh_horizon_django_cache]') }
+      it { is_expected.not_to contain_file(platforms_params[:config_file]).that_notifies('Exec[refresh_horizon_django_compress]') }
 
       it { is_expected.to contain_file(params[:file_upload_temp_dir]) }
     end
@@ -187,6 +194,7 @@ describe 'horizon' do
       end
 
       it { is_expected.to contain_exec('refresh_horizon_django_cache') }
+      it { is_expected.to contain_exec('refresh_horizon_django_compress') }
     end
 
     context 'installs python memcache library when cache_backend is set to memcache' do