diff --git a/roles/ipaclient/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ipaclient/tasks/main.yml
index 152f1c58..36de32d2 100644
--- a/roles/ipaclient/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ipaclient/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 - name: Import variables specific to distribution
   include_vars: "{{ item }}"
   with_first_found:
-    - vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
-    - vars/default.yml
+    - "vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_version }}.yml"
+    - "vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}.yml"
+    - "vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml"
+    - "vars/default.yml"
 
 - name: Install IPA client
   include: tasks/install.yml
diff --git a/roles/ipaclient/vars/Fedora-25.yml b/roles/ipaclient/vars/Fedora-25.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4734e072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ipaclient/vars/Fedora-25.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ipaclient_package: python2-ipaclient
+ansible_python_interpreter: '/usr/bin/python2'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/ipaclient/vars/Fedora-26.yml b/roles/ipaclient/vars/Fedora-26.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4734e072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ipaclient/vars/Fedora-26.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ipaclient_package: python2-ipaclient
+ansible_python_interpreter: '/usr/bin/python2'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/ipaclient/vars/RedHat-7.yml b/roles/ipaclient/vars/RedHat-7.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d551f36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ipaclient/vars/RedHat-7.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# defaults file for ipaclient
+# vars/rhel.yml
+ipaclient_package: ipa-client
+ansible_python_interpreter: '/usr/bin/python2'
+
diff --git a/roles/ipaclient/vars/default.yml b/roles/ipaclient/vars/default.yml
index eb675d4b..287e7997 100644
--- a/roles/ipaclient/vars/default.yml
+++ b/roles/ipaclient/vars/default.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # defaults file for ipaclient
 # vars/default.yml
-ipaclient_package: freeipa-client
+ipaclient_package: python3-ipaclient
+ansible_python_interpreter: '/usr/bin/python3'