diff --git a/manifests/compute/vmware.pp b/manifests/compute/vmware.pp
index ea307c5ae..5432e5bcf 100644
--- a/manifests/compute/vmware.pp
+++ b/manifests/compute/vmware.pp
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ class nova::compute::vmware(
     }
   }
 
-  package { 'suds':
-    ensure   => present,
-    provider => pip
+  package { 'python-suds':
+    ensure   => present
   }
 }
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_compute_vmware_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_compute_vmware_spec.rb
index 7a3067ccc..8242bdf93 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_compute_vmware_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_compute_vmware_spec.rb
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ describe 'nova::compute::vmware' do
     should_not contain_nova_config('VMWARE/wsdl_location')
   end
 
-  it 'installs vmwareapi with pip' do
-    should contain_package('suds').with(
-               :ensure => 'present',
-               :provider => 'pip')
+  it 'installs suds python package' do
+    should contain_package('python-suds').with(
+               :ensure => 'present'
+                )
   end
 
   context 'with optional parameters' do
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ describe 'nova::compute::vmware' do
       should contain_nova_config('VMWARE/wsdl_location').with_value(params[:wsdl_location])
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end