diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index b026d4b29..e193b3c15 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -112,11 +112,6 @@ class nova::params {
       $scheduler_service_name       = 'nova-scheduler'
       $vncproxy_service_name        = 'nova-novncproxy'
       $serialproxy_service_name     = 'nova-serialproxy'
-      if ($::os_package_type == 'debian') {
-          $placement_service_name   = 'nova-placement-api'
-      } else {
-          $placement_service_name   = 'httpd'
-      }
       $tgt_service_name             = 'tgt'
       $nova_log_group               = 'adm'
       $nova_wsgi_script_path        = '/usr/lib/cgi-bin/nova'
@@ -135,6 +130,7 @@ class nova::params {
           $special_service_provider        = undef
           $virtlock_service_name           = undef
           $virtlog_service_name            = undef
+          $placement_service_name          = 'nova-placement-api'
         }
         default: {
           $spicehtml5proxy_package_name    = 'nova-spiceproxy'
@@ -144,6 +140,7 @@ class nova::params {
           $special_service_provider        = undef
           $virtlock_service_name           = 'virtlockd'
           $virtlog_service_name            = 'virtlogd'
+          $placement_service_name          = 'httpd'
         }
       }
       $libvirt_service_name            = 'libvirtd'
diff --git a/manifests/placement.pp b/manifests/placement.pp
index a9f8c0aec..0ad8c6a33 100644
--- a/manifests/placement.pp
+++ b/manifests/placement.pp
@@ -10,16 +10,20 @@
 #
 # [*manage_service*]
 #   (optional) Whether to start/stop the service
-#   Only useful if ::nova::params::service_name is set to
+#   Only useful if $::nova::params::service_name is set to
 #   nova-placement-api.
 #   Defaults to true
 #
+# [*package_name*]
+#   (optional) The package name for nova placement.
+#   Defaults to $::nova::params::placement_package_name
+#
 # [*service_name*]
 #   (optional) The service name for the placement service.
 #   Defaults to $::nova::params::placement_service_name
 #
 # [*ensure_package*]
-#   (optional) The state of the nova conductor package
+#   (optional) The state of the nova placement package
 #   Defaults to 'present'
 #
 # [*password*]
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@
 class nova::placement(
   $enabled             = true,
   $manage_service      = true,
+  $package_name        = $::nova::params::placement_package_name,
   $service_name        = $::nova::params::placement_service_name,
   $ensure_package      = 'present',
   $password            = false,
@@ -89,7 +94,7 @@ class nova::placement(
   $username            = 'placement',
   # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
   $os_region_name      = undef,
-) {
+) inherits nova::params {
 
   include ::nova::deps
 
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@ in a future release. Please use region_name instead.')
     nova::generic_service { 'nova-placement-api':
       enabled        => $enabled,
       manage_service => $manage_service,
-      package_name   => $::nova::params::placement_package_name,
+      package_name   => $package_name,
       service_name   => $service_name,
       ensure_package => $ensure_package,
     }
@@ -116,7 +121,6 @@ in a future release. Please use region_name instead.')
     }
   }
 
-
   nova_config {
     'placement/auth_type':           value => $auth_type;
     'placement/auth_url':            value => $auth_url;
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_placement_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_placement_spec.rb
index 88b211670..1cd91fb9b 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_placement_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_placement_spec.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,46 @@ describe 'nova::placement' do
       end
     end
 
+    context 'when settings service_name to httpd' do
+      before do
+        params.merge!(
+          :service_name => 'httpd',
+        )
+      end
+
+      it 'should not contain placement generic service' do
+        is_expected.to_not contain_nova__generic_service('nova-placement-api')
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  shared_examples 'nova::placement on Ubuntu' do
+    context 'with required parameters' do
+      it 'should not contain placement generic service' do
+        is_expected.to_not contain_nova__generic_service('nova-placement-api')
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  shared_examples 'nova::placement on Debian' do
+    before do
+      facts.merge!(
+        :os_package_type => 'debian',
+      )
+    end
+
+    context 'with required parameters' do
+      it 'should contain placement generic service' do
+        is_expected.to contain_nova__generic_service('nova-placement-api').with(
+          :enabled        => true,
+          :manage_service => true,
+          :package_name   => 'nova-placement-api',
+          :service_name   => 'nova-placement-api',
+          :ensure_package => 'present'
+        )
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   on_supported_os({
@@ -71,6 +111,10 @@ describe 'nova::placement' do
       end
 
       it_behaves_like 'nova::placement'
+
+      if facts[:osfamily] == 'Debian'
+        it_behaves_like "nova::placement on #{facts[:operatingsystem]}"
+      end
     end
   end
 end