diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/debian/ansible_install.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/debian/ansible_install.rb
index 5000809aa..f539b9c1f 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/debian/ansible_install.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/debian/ansible_install.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ INLINE_CRIPT
 
             def self.pip_setup(machine, pip_install_cmd = "")
               machine.communicate.sudo "apt-get update -y -qq"
-              machine.communicate.sudo "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -qq --option \"Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold\" build-essential curl git libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev-is-python3"
+              debian_version = machine.communicate.execute "lsb_release -rs", error_check: false
+              if debian_version > 10
+                machine.communicate.sudo "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -qq --option \"Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold\" build-essential curl git libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev-is-python3"
+              else
+                machine.communicate.sudo "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -qq --option \"Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold\" build-essential curl git libssl-dev libffi-dev"
+              end
               Pip::get_pip machine, pip_install_cmd
             end