diff --git a/manifests/mod/ssl.pp b/manifests/mod/ssl.pp
index 0159148517..ff0e929272 100644
--- a/manifests/mod/ssl.pp
+++ b/manifests/mod/ssl.pp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   $ssl_options     = [ 'StdEnvVars' ],
   $ssl_cipher      = 'HIGH:MEDIUM:!aNULL:!MD5',
   $apache_version  = $::apache::apache_version,
+  $package_name    = undef,
 ) {
   $session_cache = $::osfamily ? {
     'debian'  => '${APACHE_RUN_DIR}/ssl_scache(512000)',
@@ -31,7 +32,9 @@
     }
   }
 
-  ::apache::mod { 'ssl': }
+  ::apache::mod { 'ssl':
+    package => $package_name,
+  }
 
   if versioncmp($apache_version, '2.4') >= 0 {
     ::apache::mod { 'socache_shmcb': }
diff --git a/spec/classes/mod/ssl_spec.rb b/spec/classes/mod/ssl_spec.rb
index fb6ba4eb57..93f04e3ca5 100644
--- a/spec/classes/mod/ssl_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/mod/ssl_spec.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@
     it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache::params') }
     it { is_expected.to contain_apache__mod('ssl') }
     it { is_expected.to contain_package('mod_ssl') }
+    context 'with a custom package_name parameter' do
+      let :params do
+        { :package_name => 'httpd24-mod_ssl' }
+      end
+      it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache::params') }
+      it { is_expected.to contain_apache__mod('ssl') }
+      it { is_expected.to contain_package('httpd24-mod_ssl') }
+      it { is_expected.not_to contain_package('mod_ssl') }
+    end
   end
 
   context 'on a Debian OS' do