diff --git a/playbooks/develop/create_user.yml b/playbooks/develop/create_user.yml
index 5360e5fb..306dabc1 100755
--- a/playbooks/develop/create_user.yml
+++ b/playbooks/develop/create_user.yml
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
       when: ansible_distribution == 'MacOSX'
 
     - name: Set /tmp/.bench folder perms
-        command: 'chown -R {{ frappe_user }}:{{ frappe_user }} {{ repo_path }}'
+      command: 'chown -R {{ frappe_user }}:{{ frappe_user }} {{ repo_path }}'
       when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' or ansible_distribution == 'CentOS' or ansible_distribution == 'Debian'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/playbooks/develop/debian.yml b/playbooks/develop/debian.yml
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index e858be0c..88a0f55a
--- a/playbooks/develop/debian.yml
+++ b/playbooks/develop/debian.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,22 @@
 
   tasks:
 
+  - name: Add dotdeb apt repository key for Debian < 8
+    apt_key:
+      url: http://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg
+      state: present
+    become: yes
+    become_user: root
+    when: ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_version | version_compare('8', 'lt')
+
+  - name: Add dotdeb apt repository for redis-server for Debian < 8
+    apt_repository:
+      repo: 'deb http://packages.dotdeb.org wheezy all'
+      state: present
+    become: yes
+    become_user: root
+    when: ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_version | version_compare('8', 'lt')
+
   # install pre-requisites
   - name: install prequisites
     apt: pkg={{ item }} state=present
diff --git a/playbooks/install.py b/playbooks/install.py
index 6e39eef3..ba734080 100755
--- a/playbooks/install.py
+++ b/playbooks/install.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # wget setup_frappe.py | python
-import os, sys, subprocess, getpass, json, multiprocessing, shutil
+import os, sys, subprocess, getpass, json, multiprocessing, shutil, platform
 from distutils.spawn import find_executable
 
 tmp_bench_repo = '/tmp/.bench'
 
 def install_bench(args):
+	check_distribution_compatibility()
 	check_brew_installed()
-
 	# pre-requisites for bench repo cloning
 	install_package('curl')
 	install_package('wget')
@@ -113,6 +113,24 @@ def install_bench(args):
 	if os.path.exists(tmp_bench_repo):
 		shutil.rmtree(tmp_bench_repo)
 
+def check_distribution_compatibility():
+	supported_dists = {'ubuntu': [14, 15, 16], 'debian': [7, 8], 'centos': [7]}
+	dist_name, dist_version = get_distribution_info()
+	for dist, versions in supported_dists.iteritems():
+		if dist_name == dist:
+			if dist_version in versions:
+				return
+
+	print "We currently do not support {0} {1}. Aborting installation!".format(dist_name, dist_version)
+	if dist_name in supported_dists:
+		print "Install on {0} {1} instead".format(dist_name, supported_dists[dist_name][-1])
+	sys.exit(1)
+
+def get_distribution_info():
+	current_dist = platform.dist()
+	# return distribution name and major version
+	return current_dist[0].lower(), int(float(current_dist[1]))
+
 def install_python27():
 	version = (sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1])