diff --git a/manifests/pyvenv.pp b/manifests/pyvenv.pp
index baaba1a3..eed7f4c4 100644
--- a/manifests/pyvenv.pp
+++ b/manifests/pyvenv.pp
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@
 
   if $ensure == 'present' {
     $python_version = $version ? {
-        'system' => $::python3_version,
+        'system' => $facts['python3_version'],
         default  => $version,
     }
 
     # Debian splits the venv module into a seperate package
     if ( $facts['os']['family'] == 'Debian'){
       $python3_venv_package="python${python_version}-venv"
-      case $facts['os']['distro']['codename'] {
+      case $facts['lsbdistcodename'] {
         'xenial','bionic','cosmic','disco',
         'jessie','stretch','buster': {
           package {$python3_venv_package:
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     }
 
     # pyvenv is deprecated since 3.6 and will be removed in 3.8
-    if (versioncmp($::python3_version, '3.6') >=0) {
+    if (versioncmp($facts['python3_version'], '3.6') >=0) {
       $virtualenv_cmd = "${python::exec_prefix}python${python_version}  -m venv"
     } else {
       $virtualenv_cmd = "${python::exec_prefix}pyvenv-${python_version}"
diff --git a/spec/default_module_facts.yml b/spec/default_module_facts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f8d54e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/default_module_facts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+python_version: "2.7"
+python3_version: ~
diff --git a/spec/defines/pyvenv_spec.rb b/spec/defines/pyvenv_spec.rb
index 285a0de5..d3143f51 100644
--- a/spec/defines/pyvenv_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/pyvenv_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
   on_supported_os.each do |os, facts|
     context("on #{os} ") do
       let :facts do
-        facts
+        # python3 is required to use pyvenv
+        facts.merge({
+          :python3_version => '3.4',
+        })
       end
       let :title do
         '/opt/env'
@@ -12,7 +15,7 @@
 
       it {
         is_expected.to contain_file('/opt/env')
-        is_expected.to contain_exec('python_virtualenv_/opt/env').with_command('pyvenv --clear  /opt/env')
+        is_expected.to contain_exec('python_virtualenv_/opt/env').with_command('pyvenv-3.4 --clear  /opt/env')
       }
 
       describe 'when ensure' do
@@ -28,6 +31,6 @@
           }
         end
       end
-    end
+    end #context
   end
 end