diff --git a/templates/mod/security.conf.erb b/templates/mod/security.conf.erb
index ed884eadd..7597c461f 100644
--- a/templates/mod/security.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/mod/security.conf.erb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     SecAuditLogType Serial
     SecArgumentSeparator &
     SecCookieFormat 0
-<%- if scope.lookupvar('::operatingsystem') == 'Ubuntu' -%>
+<%- if scope.lookupvar('::osfamily') == 'Debian' -%>
     SecDebugLog /var/log/apache2/modsec_debug.log
     SecAuditLog /var/log/apache2/modsec_audit.log
     SecTmpDir /var/cache/modsecurity