diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index ea5957f..4aca72e 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class nslcd::params {
   $default_service_name = 'nslcd'
 
   case $::osfamily {
-    'debian': {
+    'Debian': {
       $config       = $default_config
       $package_name = $default_package_name
       $service_name = $default_service_name
@@ -33,8 +33,18 @@ class nslcd::params {
       $config_group = 'nslcd'
       $config_mode  = '0640'
     }
+    'RedHat': {
+      $config       = $default_config
+      $package_name = 'nss-pam-ldapd'
+      $service_name = $default_service_name
+      $uid          = 'nslcd'
+      $gid          = 'ldap'
+      $config_user  = 'root'
+      $config_group = 'root'
+      $config_mode  = '0600'
+    }
     default: {
-      fail("the ${module_name} module is not supported on an ${::osfamily} based system.")
+      fail("The ${module_name} module is not supported on an ${::osfamily} based system.")
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/init_spec.rb b/spec/classes/init_spec.rb
index bf42e92..d64fefa 100644
--- a/spec/classes/init_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/init_spec.rb
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe 'nslcd' do
 
-  {'Ubuntu' => 'Debian', 'Debian' => 'Debian'}.each do |system, family|
+  {'Ubuntu' => 'Debian', 'Debian' => 'Debian', 'CentOS' => 'RedHat', 'RedHat' => 'RedHat' }.each do |system, family|
     context "when on system #{system}" do
-      let :facts do
-        {
+      facts = {
           :osfamily        => family,
           :operatingsystem => system,
-        }
+      }
+      let :facts do
+        facts
       end
 
       it { should contain_class('nslcd') }
@@ -16,10 +17,19 @@ describe 'nslcd' do
       it { should contain_class('nslcd::config') }
       it { should contain_class('nslcd::service') }
 
-      it {
-        should contain_package('nslcd')
-        should contain_service('nslcd')
-      }
+
+      case facts[:osfamily]
+      when 'Debian'
+        it {
+          should contain_package('nslcd')
+          should contain_service('nslcd')
+        }
+      when 'RedHat'
+        it {
+          should contain_package('nss-pam-ldapd')
+          should contain_service('nslcd')
+        }
+      end
     end
   end