diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 10f735b..002277b 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 
 - name: restart php-fpm
   service:
-    name: php-fpm
+    name: "{{ php_fpm_daemon }}"
     state: restarted
   when: php_enable_php_fpm
diff --git a/vars/Debian.yml b/vars/Debian.yml
index 3bc271d..40530bc 100644
--- a/vars/Debian.yml
+++ b/vars/Debian.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 php_conf_path: /etc/php5/apache2
 php_extension_conf_path: /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d
 php_apc_conf_filename: 20-apc.ini
+php_fpm_daemon: php5-fpm
 __php_packages:
   - php5
   - libapache2-mod-php5
diff --git a/vars/RedHat.yml b/vars/RedHat.yml
index 571e1e6..2d125d3 100644
--- a/vars/RedHat.yml
+++ b/vars/RedHat.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 php_conf_path: /etc
 php_extension_conf_path: /etc/php.d
 php_apc_conf_filename: apc.ini
+php_fpm_daemon: php-fpm
 __php_packages:
   - ImageMagick
   - php