diff --git a/roles/common/playbook.yml b/roles/common/playbook.yml
index 3bce7737f59ae7bccd8c65c933929faa74f8d02e..f51f223b668d3824c05810835ac96b0b2d44fa4a 100644
--- a/roles/common/playbook.yml
+++ b/roles/common/playbook.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
       common_packages:
         - units
         - gnutls-bin
-        - libmariadb-client-lgpl-dev-compat
+        - "{{ 'libmariadb-client-lgpl-dev-compat' if ansible_distribution_release == 'jessie' else 'libmariadbclient-dev-compat' if ansible_distribution_release == 'stretch' }}"
         - emacs24-nox
       ca_certificates:
         cacert1: "{{ lookup('file', 'tests/data/x509/ca1.cert.pem') }}"