diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 6a2c7cf0d..5769c31d4 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ class neutron::params {
         $api_service_name                 = 'neutron-api'
         $rpc_package_name                 = 'neutron-rpc-server'
         $rpc_service_name                 = 'neutron-rpc-server'
+        $periodic_workers_package_name    = 'neutron-periodic-workers'
+        $periodic_workers_service_name    = 'neutron-periodic-workers'
         $bagpipe_bgp_package              = 'networking-bagpipe-bgp-agent'
         $bagpipe_bgp_service              = 'networking-bagpipe-bgp-agent'
       } else {
@@ -89,11 +91,11 @@ class neutron::params {
         $api_service_name                 = undef
         $rpc_package_name                 = undef
         $rpc_service_name                 = undef
+        $periodic_workers_package_name    = undef
+        $periodic_workers_service_name    = undef
         $bagpipe_bgp_package              = undef
         $bagpipe_bgp_service              = undef
       }
-      $periodic_workers_package_name      = undef
-      $periodic_workers_service_name      = undef
       $dynamic_routing_package            = 'python3-neutron-dynamic-routing'
       $bgp_dragent_package                = 'neutron-bgp-dragent'
       $bgpvpn_bagpipe_package             = 'python3-networking-bagpipe'
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/periodic-workers-debian-a3da57836e436327.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/periodic-workers-debian-a3da57836e436327.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4f2f22ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/periodic-workers-debian-a3da57836e436327.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The ``neutron::server`` class now supports installation of
+    the ``neutron-periodic-workers`` service also in Debian (previous version
+    only supported Red Hat based systems by default, unless the params value
+    was overridden).