diff --git a/bin/installer/includes/functions.sh b/bin/installer/includes/functions.sh
index d59a8b988..a6f8c8410 100644
--- a/bin/installer/includes/functions.sh
+++ b/bin/installer/includes/functions.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,19 @@ function inst_configureOS() {
     case "$OSTYPE" in
         solaris*) echo "Solaris is not supported yet" ;;
         darwin*)  source "$AC_PATH_INSTALLER/includes/os_configs/osx.sh" ;;  
-        linux*)   
+        linux*)
+            # If available, use LSB to identify distribution
+            if [ -f /etc/lsb-release -o -d /etc/lsb-release.d ]; then
+                DISTRO=$(lsb_release -i | cut -d: -f2 | sed s/'^\t'//)
+            # Otherwise, use release info file
+            else
+                DISTRO=$(ls -d /etc/[A-Za-z]*[_-][rv]e[lr]* | grep -v "lsb" | cut -d'/' -f3 | cut -d'-' -f1 | cut -d'_' -f1)
+            fi
+
+            DISTRO=${DISTRO,,}
+
             # TODO: implement different configurations by distro
-            source "$AC_PATH_INSTALLER/includes/os_configs/linux.sh"
+            source "$AC_PATH_INSTALLER/includes/os_configs/$DISTRO.sh"
         ;;
         bsd*)     echo "BSD is not supported yet" ;;
         msys*)    source "$AC_PATH_INSTALLER/includes/os_configs/windows.sh" ;;
diff --git a/bin/installer/includes/os_configs/debian.sh b/bin/installer/includes/os_configs/debian.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8678a8917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/installer/includes/os_configs/debian.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+
+sudo apt-get install git cmake make gcc g++ clang libmysqlclient-dev \
+libssl1.0-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libncurses-dev \
+mysql-server libace-6.* libace-dev
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diff --git a/bin/installer/includes/os_configs/linux.sh b/bin/installer/includes/os_configs/linux.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 020e19477..000000000
--- a/bin/installer/includes/os_configs/linux.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-
-
-sudo apt-get install git cmake make gcc g++ clang libmysqlclient-dev libssl-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libncurses-dev mysql-server
-sudo apt-get install libace-6.* libace-dev
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diff --git a/bin/installer/includes/os_configs/ubuntu.sh b/bin/installer/includes/os_configs/ubuntu.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f703c2303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/installer/includes/os_configs/ubuntu.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+
+sudo apt-get install git cmake make gcc g++ clang libmysqlclient-dev \
+libssl-dev=1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.8 libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libncurses-dev \
+mysql-server libace-6.* libace-dev
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