diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index d2e72f9ac..b026d4b29 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class nova::params {
       $compute_service_name          = 'openstack-nova-compute'
       $conductor_service_name        = 'openstack-nova-conductor'
       $consoleauth_service_name      = 'openstack-nova-consoleauth'
+      $placement_service_name        = 'httpd'
       $libvirt_service_name          = 'libvirtd'
       $virtlock_service_name         = 'virtlockd'
       $virtlog_service_name          = undef
@@ -111,6 +112,11 @@ 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'
diff --git a/manifests/placement.pp b/manifests/placement.pp
index 7ee6bfba0..f86fadfa7 100644
--- a/manifests/placement.pp
+++ b/manifests/placement.pp
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@
 #
 # === Parameters:
 #
+# [*enabled*]
+#   (optional) Whether the nova placement api service will be run
+#   Defaults to true
+#
+# [*manage_service*]
+#   (optional) Whether to start/stop the service
+#   Only useful if ::nova::params::service_name is set to
+#   nova-placement-api.
+#   Defaults to true
+#
+# [*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
+#   Defaults to 'present'
+#
 # [*password*]
 #   (required) Password for connecting to Nova Placement API service in
 #   admin context through the OpenStack Identity service.
@@ -56,6 +74,10 @@
 #   Defaults to undef
 #
 class nova::placement(
+  $enabled             = true,
+  $manage_service      = true,
+  $service_name        = $::nova::params::placement_service_name,
+  $ensure_package      = 'present',
   $password            = false,
   $auth_type           = 'password',
   $auth_url            = 'http://127.0.0.1:35357/v3',
@@ -71,12 +93,30 @@ class nova::placement(
 
   include ::nova::deps
 
+  validate_bool($enabled)
+
   if $os_region_name {
     warning('The os_region_name parameter is deprecated and will be removed \
 in a future release. Please use region_name instead.')
   }
   $region_name_real = pick($os_region_name, $region_name)
 
+  if $service_name == 'nova-placement-api' {
+    nova::generic_service { 'nova-placement-api':
+      enabled        => $enabled,
+      manage_service => $manage_service,
+      package_name   => $::nova::params::placement_package_name,
+      service_name   => $service_name,
+      ensure_package => $ensure_package,
+    }
+  } elsif $service_name == 'httpd' {
+    # we need to make sure nova-placement-api/uwsgi is stopped before trying to start apache
+    if ($::os_package_type == 'debian') {
+      Service['nova-placement-api'] -> Service[$service_name]
+    }
+  }
+
+
   nova_config {
     'placement/auth_type':           value => $auth_type;
     'placement/auth_url':            value => $auth_url;
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/new-placement-package-handling-e7870bfe4132782f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/new-placement-package-handling-e7870bfe4132782f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51d855e8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/new-placement-package-handling-e7870bfe4132782f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Now puppet ensures that the nova-placement-api package is properly
+    installed and that the service is running when running using Debian
+    package.