diff --git a/recipes/sasl_auth.rb b/recipes/sasl_auth.rb
index 914aaf4..3621c0b 100644
--- a/recipes/sasl_auth.rb
+++ b/recipes/sasl_auth.rb
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ sasl_pkgs = []
 # version specifics for RHEL.
 case node['platform_family']
 when "debian"
-  sasl_pkgs = %w{libsasl2-2  ca-certificates}
+  sasl_pkgs = %w{libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules ca-certificates}
 when "rhel"
   if node['platform_version'].to_i < 6
-    sasl_pkgs = %w{cyrus-sasl openssl}
+    sasl_pkgs = %w{cyrus-sasl cyrus-sasl-plain openssl}
   else
-    sasl_pkgs = %w{cyrus-sasl ca-certificates}
+    sasl_pkgs = %w{cyrus-sasl cyrus-sasl-plain ca-certificates}
   end
 when "fedora"
-  sasl_pkgs = %w{cyrus-sasl ca-certificates}
+  sasl_pkgs = %w{cyrus-sasl cyrus-sasl-plain ca-certificates}
 end
 
 sasl_pkgs.each do |pkg|