diff --git a/manifests/application.pp b/manifests/application.pp
index 15d0bdd..325871a 100644
--- a/manifests/application.pp
+++ b/manifests/application.pp
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class storyboard::application (
   }
 
   # Check vhost permission set.
-  $new_vhost_perms = (versioncmp($::apache::apache_version, '2.4') >= 0)
+  $new_vhost_perms = (versioncmp($::storyboard::params::apache_version, '2.4') >= 0)
 
   # Are we setting up TLS or non-TLS?
   if defined(Class['storyboard::cert']) {
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 996548e..12fd0c8 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ class storyboard::params () {
 
   case $::osfamily {
     'Debian': {
-      # Do nothing, since all the defaults are debian-specific.
+      if $::operatingsystem == 'Ubuntu' and $::operatingsystemrelease >= 13.10 {
+        $apache_version = '2.4'
+      } else {
+        $apache_version = '2.2'
+      }
     }
     default: {
       fail("Unsupported osfamily: ${::osfamily} The 'storyboard' module only supports osfamily Debian.")