diff --git a/apps/installer/includes/functions.sh b/apps/installer/includes/functions.sh
index a0b985eae..4861275d9 100644
--- a/apps/installer/includes/functions.sh
+++ b/apps/installer/includes/functions.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ function inst_configureOS() {
             if [ ! -z "$OSDISTRO" ]; then
                 DISTRO=$OSDISTRO
             # If available, use LSB to identify distribution
-            elif [ -f /etc/lsb-release -o -d /etc/lsb-release.d ]; then
-                DISTRO=$(lsb_release -i | cut -d: -f2 | sed s/'^\t'//)
+            elif command -v lsb_release >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+                DISTRO=$(lsb_release -is)
             # Otherwise, use release info file
             else
                 DISTRO=$(ls -d /etc/[A-Za-z]*[_-][rv]e[lr]* | grep -v "lsb" | cut -d'/' -f3 | cut -d'-' -f1 | cut -d'_' -f1)
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ function inst_configureOS() {
             # add here distro that are debian or ubuntu based
             # TODO: find a better way, maybe checking the existance
             # of a package manager
-                "neon" | "ubuntu")
+                "neon" | "ubuntu" | "Ubuntu")
                     DISTRO="ubuntu"
                 ;;
-                "debian")
+                "debian" | "Debian")
                     DISTRO="debian"
                 ;;
                 *)
diff --git a/apps/installer/includes/os_configs/debian.sh b/apps/installer/includes/os_configs/debian.sh
index 03f2eb4d6..b71a8446b 100644
--- a/apps/installer/includes/os_configs/debian.sh
+++ b/apps/installer/includes/os_configs/debian.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
-sudo apt-get update
+if ! command -v lsb_release &>/dev/null ; then
+       sudo apt-get install -y lsb-release
+fi
 
-sudo apt-get install -y git cmake make gcc g++ clang libmysqlclient-dev \
-libssl1.0-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libncurses-dev \
-mysql-server libace-6.* libace-dev curl unzip
+DEBIAN_VERSION=$(lsb_release -sr)
+
+sudo apt-get update -y
+
+if [[ $DEBIAN_VERSION -eq "10" ]]; then
+  sudo apt-get install -y git cmake make gcc g++ clang default-libmysqlclient-dev \
+  libssl-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libncurses-dev mariadb-server \
+  libace-6.* libace-dev
+else # Debian 8 and 9 should work using this
+  sudo apt-get install -y git cmake make gcc g++ clang libmysqlclient-dev \
+  libssl1.0-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libncurses-dev \
+  mysql-server libace-6.* libace-dev curl unzip
+fi