diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 8dffbc3..e67b23c 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ class fail2ban::params {
   }
 
   $process = $::operatingsystem ? {
-    default => 'fail2ban',
+    /(?i:Debian|Ubuntu|Mint)/ => 'fail2ban-server',
+    default                   => 'fail2ban',
   }
 
   $process_args = $::operatingsystem ? {