diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index 29f63a0..f7f730b 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Metrics/LineLength:
+  Max: 85
   Exclude:
     - 'test/integration/default/serverspec/nginx_spec.rb'
 Style/WordArray:
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 3e4ca3c..4f4aeac 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
 depends 'yum-epel', '>= 0.3.6'
 depends 'yum-nginx'
 depends 'zap', '>= 0.6.0'
+depends 'apt-nginx'
diff --git a/recipes/_repo.rb b/recipes/_repo.rb
index 4db8fe6..b8b9e5d 100644
--- a/recipes/_repo.rb
+++ b/recipes/_repo.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,26 @@
+unless node['platform_family'] == 'rhel' || node['platform_family'] == 'debian'
+  Chef::Application.fatal!("Unsupported Linux distribution - #{node['platform']}", 1)
+end
+
 case node['nginx_server']['repo']
-when 'epel'
+when 'epel' && node.platform_family?('rhel')
   include_recipe 'yum-epel::default'
 when 'nginx-stable'
-  include_recipe 'yum-nginx::default'
+  if node.platform_family?('rhel')
+    include_recipe 'yum-nginx::default'
+  else
+    include_recipe 'apt-nginx::default'
+  end
 when 'nginx-mainline'
-  node.default['yum-nginx']['repos']['nginx-stable']['managed'] = false
-  node.default['yum-nginx']['repos']['nginx-mainline']['managed'] = true
-  include_recipe 'yum-nginx::default'
+  if node.platform_family?('rhel')
+    node.default['yum-nginx']['repos']['nginx-stable']['managed'] = false
+    node.default['yum-nginx']['repos']['nginx-mainline']['managed'] = true
+    include_recipe 'yum-nginx::default'
+  else
+    node.default['apt-nginx']['repos']['nginx-stable']['managed'] = false
+    node.default['apt-nginx']['repos']['nginx-mainline']['managed'] = true
+    include_recipe 'apt-nginx::default'
+  end
 else
   Chef::Application.fatal!("#{node['nginx_server']['repo']} is not an allowed
     value for node['nginx_server']['repo'].", 1)
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 9ae18a1..d63fcb7 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,21 @@
 #
 include_recipe 'nginx_server::_repo' if node['nginx_server']['manage_repo']
 
+# Workaround for Ubuntu 15.10 not creating nginx user and group.
+user 'nginx' do
+  action :create
+  comment 'nginx user'
+  home '/nonexistent'
+  shell '/bin/false'
+  manage_home false
+  only_if { node['platform'] == 'ubuntu' && node['platform_version'].to_f == 15.10 }
+end
+
+group 'nginx' do
+  action :create
+  only_if { node['platform'] == 'ubuntu' && node['platform_version'].to_f == 15.10 }
+end
+
 package 'nginx'
 
 template '/etc/nginx/nginx.conf' do