diff --git a/roles/saslauthd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/saslauthd/tasks/main.yml
index 33bf0c2..e769f58 100644
--- a/roles/saslauthd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/saslauthd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 - name: install packages
   package:
-    name: cyrus-sasl
+    name: "{{ item }}"
     state: installed
+  with_items:
+    - cyrus-sasl
+    - cyrus-sasl-plain
 
 - block:
     - name: set saslauthd to use ldap