diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 8e4aa004..8d7938b0 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 - name: Restart sshd
   ansible.builtin.service:
-    name: sshd
+    name: "{{ lxc_ssh_service_name }}"
     state: "restarted"
     enabled: true
 
diff --git a/vars/debian-host.yml b/vars/debian-host.yml
index 28093a3e..d3c5a38c 100644
--- a/vars/debian-host.yml
+++ b/vars/debian-host.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ _lxc_hosts_distro_packages:
 lxc_hosts_remove_distro_packages:
   - dnsmasq
 
+lxc_ssh_service_name: ssh
 lxc_xz_bin: xz
 
+
 system_config_dir: "/etc/default"
 systemd_utils_prefix: "/lib/systemd"
diff --git a/vars/redhat-host.yml b/vars/redhat-host.yml
index 16e70303..59644ba1 100644
--- a/vars/redhat-host.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat-host.yml
@@ -38,4 +38,6 @@ _lxc_hosts_distro_packages:
   - unzip
   - xz
 
+lxc_ssh_service_name: sshd
+
 lxc_xz_bin: xz