diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index f1649e6e..302a8e62 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # === Parameters
 #
-# [*ensure_package*]
+# [*package_ensure*]
 #   (optional) The state of aodh packages
 #   Defaults to 'present'
 #
@@ -175,8 +175,14 @@
 #   in the octavia config.
 #   Defaults to false.
 #
+# DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
+#
+# [*ensure_package*]
+#   (optional) The state of aodh packages
+#   Defaults to undef
+#
 class octavia (
-  $ensure_package                     = 'present',
+  $package_ensure                     = 'present',
   $default_transport_url              = $::os_service_default,
   $rpc_response_timeout               = $::os_service_default,
   $control_exchange                   = $::os_service_default,
@@ -213,13 +219,23 @@ class octavia (
   $notification_topics                = $::os_service_default,
   $topic                              = 'octavia-rpc',
   $purge_config                       = false,
+  # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
+  $ensure_package                     = undef,
 ) inherits octavia::params {
 
   include ::octavia::deps
   include ::octavia::logging
 
+  if $ensure_package {
+    warning("octavia::ensure_package is deprecated and will be removed in \
+the future release. Please use octavia::package_ensure instead.")
+    $package_ensure_real = $ensure_package
+  } else {
+    $package_ensure_real = $package_ensure
+  }
+
   package { 'octavia':
-    ensure => $ensure_package,
+    ensure => $package_ensure_real,
     name   => $::octavia::params::common_package_name,
     tag    => ['openstack', 'octavia-package'],
   }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/deprecate_ensure_package_parameter-71358a34df982376.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate_ensure_package_parameter-71358a34df982376.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c405d4f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/deprecate_ensure_package_parameter-71358a34df982376.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - octavia::ensure_package is now deprecated and will be removed in the
+    future release. Please use octavia::package_ensure instead.
diff --git a/spec/classes/octavia_init_spec.rb b/spec/classes/octavia_init_spec.rb
index d0a0631f..6a22ac19 100644
--- a/spec/classes/octavia_init_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/octavia_init_spec.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe 'octavia' do
           :rabbit_heartbeat_timeout_threshold => '60',
           :rabbit_heartbeat_rate              => '10',
           :kombu_compression                  => 'gzip',
-          :ensure_package                     => '2012.1.1-15.el6',
+          :package_ensure                     => '2012.1.1-15.el6',
           :notification_transport_url         => 'rabbit://rabbit_user:password@localhost:5673',
           :notification_driver                => 'ceilometer.compute.octavia_notifier',
           :notification_topics                => 'openstack',