diff --git a/scripts/local_facts.fact b/scripts/local_facts.fact
index ad937e469..4d9da02d6 100755
--- a/scripts/local_facts.fact
+++ b/scripts/local_facts.fact
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ case $OS_VER in
 "debian-9"  | \
 "ubuntu-16" | \
 "centos-7"  | \
-"raspbian-8")
+"raspbian-8"| \
+"raspbian-9")
                 ;;
 *)	OS_VER="OS_not_supported"
         ;;
diff --git a/vars/raspbian-9.yml b/vars/raspbian-9.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d9eca1e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/raspbian-9.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+is_rpi: True
+is_debian: True
+is_debuntu: True
+rtc_id: ds3231
+
+dns_service: bind9
+dns_user: bind
+proxy: squid
+proxy_user: proxy
+apache_service: apache2
+apache_config_dir: apache2/sites-available
+apache_user: www-data
+apache_log_dir: /var/log/apache2
+smb_service: smbd
+nmb_service: nmbd
+kalite_program: /usr/local/bin/kalite
+systemctl_program: /bin/systemctl
+mysql_service: mysql
+apache_log: /var/log/apache2/access.log
+# cups lp module not available in raspbian, causes systemd-modueles-load to fail
+# which in turn cause netfilter-persistent to fail, which is essential
+cups_install: True
+sshd_service: ssh
+php_version: 7.0
+postgresql_version: 9.6