diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index b3916dec95967529d811027ce4655521f63aa454..5bc0a0f40a65e888f52577db78566a8d83f6ed26 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ class freeradius::params {
   # FreeRADIUS user
   $fr_user = $::osfamily ? {
     'RedHat' => 'radiusd',
-    default  => 'radiusd'
+    'Debian' => 'freerad',
+    default  => 'radiusd',
   }
 
 }