diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 92c734ff8..20cb1ca51 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       $config_tmpl       = "${module_name}/memcached.conf.erb"
       $user              = 'nobody'
     }
-    'RedHat': {
+    /RedHat|Suse/: {
       $package_name      = 'memcached'
       $service_name      = 'memcached'
       $service_hasstatus = true
diff --git a/templates/memcached_sysconfig.erb b/templates/memcached_sysconfig.erb
index 307790442..f9f38f90a 100644
--- a/templates/memcached_sysconfig.erb
+++ b/templates/memcached_sysconfig.erb
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-PORT="<%= @tcp_port %>"
-USER="<%= @user %>"
-MAXCONN="<%= @max_connections %>"
-<% Puppet::Parser::Functions.function('memcached_max_memory') -%>
-CACHESIZE="<%= scope.function_memcached_max_memory([@max_memory]) %>"
-OPTIONS="<%
+<%-
 result = []
 if @verbosity
   result << '-' + @verbosity.to_s
@@ -24,4 +19,34 @@ result << '-t ' + @processorcount
 if @logfile
   result << '>> ' + @logfile + ' 2>&1'
 end
--%><%= result.join(' ') -%>"
+-%>
+<%- if scope['osfamily'] != 'Suse' -%>
+PORT="<%= @tcp_port %>"
+USER="<%= @user %>"
+MAXCONN="<%= @max_connections %>"
+<% Puppet::Parser::Functions.function('memcached_max_memory') -%>
+CACHESIZE="<%= scope.function_memcached_max_memory([@max_memory]) %>"
+OPTIONS="<%= result.join(' ') %>"
+<%- else -%>
+MEMCACHED_PARAMS="<%= result.join(' ') %>"
+
+## Path:        Network/WWW/Memcached
+## Description: username memcached should run as
+## Type:        string
+## Default:     "memcached"
+## Config:      memcached
+#
+# username memcached should run as
+#
+MEMCACHED_USER="<%= @user %>"
+
+## Path:        Network/WWW/Memcached
+## Description: group memcached should be run as
+## Type:        string
+## Default:     "memcached"
+## Config:      memcached
+#
+# group memcached should be run as
+#
+MEMCACHED_GROUP="<%= @user %>"
+<%- end -%>