diff --git a/roles/packages/tasks/apt.yml b/roles/packages/tasks/apt.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c732f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/packages/tasks/apt.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+
+- name: Ensure packages defined in install_packages are installed
+  apt:
+    name: "{{ install_packages }}"
+    state: present
+    update_cache: yes
+
+- block:
+
+  - name: Enable backports
+    apt_repository:
+      repo: "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian {{ ansible_distribution_release }}-backports main"
+      filename: backports
+
+  - name: Install backports packages
+    apt:
+      name: "{{ backports_packages }}"
+      state: present
+      default_release: "{{ ansible_distribution_release }}-backports"
+
+  when: backports_packages is defined
+
diff --git a/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml b/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml
index b5e6742..958a83f 100644
--- a/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,28 +1,15 @@
 ---
 
-- name: Install packages
-  apt:
-    name: "{{ install_packages }}"
-    state: present
-    update_cache: yes
+- name: Include tasks for apt as package manager
+  include_tasks: apt.yml
+  when: ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt'
 
-- block:
+- name: Include tasks for other package manager
+  include_tasks: other.yml
+  when: ansible_pkg_mgr != 'apt'
 
-  - name: Enable backports
-    apt_repository:
-      repo: "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian {{ ansible_distribution_release }}-backports main"
-      filename: backports
-
-  - name: Install backports packages
-    apt:
-      name: "{{ backports_packages }}"
-      state: present
-      default_release: "{{ ansible_distribution_release }}-backports"
-
-  when: backports_packages is defined
-
-- name: Delete packages
-  apt:
+- name: Ensure packages defined in delete_packages not installed
+  package:
     name: "{{ delete_packages }}"
     state: absent
   when: delete_packages is defined
diff --git a/roles/packages/tasks/other.yml b/roles/packages/tasks/other.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5abdea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/packages/tasks/other.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+
+- name: Ensure packages defined in install_packages are installed
+  package:
+    name: "{{ install_packages }}"
+    state: present
+