diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 23ebeb1ba1..80675a3530 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@
     $logroot_mode        = undef
     $lib_path            = '/usr/lib/apache2/modules'
     $mpm_module          = 'worker'
-    $dev_packages        = ['libaprutil1-dev', 'libapr1-dev', 'apache2-prefork-dev']
     $default_ssl_cert    = '/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem'
     $default_ssl_key     = '/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key'
     $ssl_certs_dir       = '/etc/ssl/certs'
@@ -234,6 +233,11 @@
       'base_rules/modsecurity_crs_60_correlation.conf'
     ]
     $error_documents_path = '/usr/share/apache2/error'
+    if ($::operatingsystem == 'Ubuntu' and versioncmp($::operatingsystemrelease, '13.10') >= 0) {
+      $dev_packages        = ['libaprutil1-dev', 'libapr1-dev', 'apache2-dev']
+    } else {
+      $dev_packages        = ['libaprutil1-dev', 'libapr1-dev', 'apache2-prefork-dev']
+    }
 
     #
     # Passenger-specific settings
diff --git a/spec/classes/dev_spec.rb b/spec/classes/dev_spec.rb
index 09a031a394..e2e0b47af8 100644
--- a/spec/classes/dev_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/dev_spec.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@
     it { is_expected.to contain_package("libapr1-dev") }
     it { is_expected.to contain_package("apache2-prefork-dev") }
   end
+  context "on an Ubuntu 14 OS" do
+    let :facts do
+      {
+        :lsbdistrelease         => '14.04',
+        :lsbdistcodename        => 'trusty',
+        :osfamily               => 'Debian',
+        :operatingsystem        => 'Ubuntu',
+        :operatingsystemrelease => '14.04',
+        :is_pe                  => false,
+      }
+    end
+    it { is_expected.to contain_package("apache2-dev") }
+  end
   context "on a RedHat OS" do
     let :facts do
       {