diff --git a/FORMULA b/FORMULA
index fbf06be..27c20ad 100644
--- a/FORMULA
+++ b/FORMULA
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: memcached
-os: RedHat, Debian, Arch, Gentoo
-os_family: RedHat, Debian, Arch, Gentoo
+os: RedHat, Debian, Arch, Gentoo, SUSE
+os_family: RedHat, Debian, Arch, Gentoo, Suse
 version: 201601
 release: 1
 minimum_version: 2015.8
diff --git a/memcached/config.sls b/memcached/config.sls
index f51c490..77fddc7 100644
--- a/memcached/config.sls
+++ b/memcached/config.sls
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ memcached_user:
     - user: root
     - group: root
     - mode: 644
+    {%- if grains['os_family'] != 'Suse' %}
     {% if grains['os_family'] == 'Debian' %}
     - source: salt://memcached/templates/memcached.conf
     {% elif grains['os_family'] == 'RedHat' %}
@@ -26,8 +27,21 @@ memcached_user:
     {% elif grains['os_family'] == 'Arch' %}
     - source: salt://memcached/templates/empty
     {% endif %}
+    {%- endif %}
     - watch_in:
       - service: memcached
     - require:
       - user: memcached_user
 
+{%- if grains['os_family'] == 'Suse' %}
+memcached_settings_suse:
+  file.keyvalue:
+    - name: {{ memcached.config_file }}
+    - separator: '='
+    - key_values:
+        MEMCACHED_USER: '{{ get_config_item('user') }}'
+        MEMCACHED_GROUP: '{{ get_config_item('group') }}'
+        MEMCACHED_PARAMS: '-l {{ get_config_item('listen_address') }}'
+    - watch_in:
+      - service: memcached
+{%- endif %}
diff --git a/memcached/map.jinja b/memcached/map.jinja
index 3fa0e1d..2abe215 100644
--- a/memcached/map.jinja
+++ b/memcached/map.jinja
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
         'config_file': '/etc/memcached.conf',
         'libmemcached': 'libmemcached-devel',
         'rootuser':  rootuser,
+        'user': 'memcached',
+        'group': 'memcached',
     },
     'FreeBSD':{
         'server': 'memcached',