diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9dbcfb11..057d11ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Supported Distributions
 * RHEL/CentOS 7.4+
 * Fedora 26+
 * Ubuntu
+* Debian 10+ (ipaclient only, no server or replica!)
 
 Requirements
 ------------
diff --git a/roles/ipaclient/vars/Debian.yml b/roles/ipaclient/vars/Debian.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96d9c326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ipaclient/vars/Debian.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# vars/Debian.yml
+ipaclient_packages: [ "freeipa-client" ]