diff --git a/roles/rkt/tasks/install.yml b/roles/rkt/tasks/install.yml
index 599f9e50e..cbaaf4085 100644
--- a/roles/rkt/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/rkt/tasks/install.yml
@@ -15,22 +15,11 @@
   tags:
     - facts
 
-- name: install rkt pkg on ubuntu
-  apt:
-    deb: "{{ rkt_download_url }}/{{ rkt_pkg_name }}"
+- name: install rkt pkg
+  package:
+    name: "{{ rkt_download_url }}/{{ rkt_pkg_name }}"
     state: present
   register: rkt_task_result
   until: rkt_task_result|succeeded
   retries: 4
   delay: "{{ retry_stagger | random + 3 }}"
-  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
-
-- name: install rkt pkg on centos
-  yum:
-    pkg: "{{ rkt_download_url }}/{{ rkt_pkg_name }}"
-    state: present
-  register: rkt_task_result
-  until: rkt_task_result|succeeded
-  retries: 4
-  delay: "{{ retry_stagger | random + 3 }}"
-  when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
diff --git a/roles/rkt/vars/suse.yml b/roles/rkt/vars/suse.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13149e8fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/rkt/vars/suse.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+rkt_pkg_name: "rkt-{{ rkt_pkg_version }}.x86_64.rpm"