diff --git a/manifests/reboot_required_notify.pp b/manifests/reboot_required_notify.pp
index 722e8a5..efd8aeb 100644
--- a/manifests/reboot_required_notify.pp
+++ b/manifests/reboot_required_notify.pp
@@ -1,21 +1,11 @@
 class apt::reboot_required_notify {
 
-  # This package installs the script that created /var/run/reboot-required*.
-  # This script (/usr/share/update-notifier/notify-reboot-required) is
-  # triggered e.g. by kernel packages.
-  package { 'update-notifier-common':
-    ensure => installed,
-  }
-
-  # cron-apt defaults to run every night at 4 o'clock
-  # plus some random time <1h.
-  # so we check if a reboot is required a bit later.
-  cron { 'apt_reboot_required_notify':
-    command => 'if [ -f /var/run/reboot-required ]; then echo "Reboot required\n" ; cat /var/run/reboot-required.pkgs ; fi',
-    user    => root,
-    hour    => 5,
-    minute  => 20,
-    require => Package['update-notifier-common'],
+  if versioncmp($::operatingsystemmajrelease, 8) >= 0 {
+    class { 'apt::reboot_required_notify::jessie': }
+    # Clean up systems that were upgraded from Wheezy or earlier:
+    class { 'apt::reboot_required_notify::wheezy': ensure => absent }
+  } else {
+    class { 'apt::reboot_required_notify::wheezy': }
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/manifests/reboot_required_notify/jessie.pp b/manifests/reboot_required_notify/jessie.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2de6b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/reboot_required_notify/jessie.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+class apt::reboot_required_notify::jessie ($ensure = present) {
+
+  if $::operatingsystemmajrelease == 8 and ! $::apt::use_backports {
+    fail('apt::reboot_required_notify requires $apt::use_backports on Jessie')
+  }
+
+  $pinning_ensure = $::operatingsystemmajrelease ? {
+    8       => present,
+    default => absent,
+  }
+  apt::preferences_snippet { 'reboot-notifier':
+    ensure   => $pinning_ensure,
+    pin      => 'release o=Debian Backports,a=jessie-backports',
+    priority => 991,
+  }
+
+  # On Jessie and newer, this package installs the script that created
+  # /var/run/reboot-required*.
+  # This script (/usr/share/update-notifier/notify-reboot-required) is
+  # triggered e.g. by kernel packages.
+  # This package also sends a daily email to the administrator when a system
+  # reboot is required, e.g. due to a kernel update.
+  package { 'reboot-notifier':
+    ensure  => $ensure,
+    require => Apt::Preferences_snippet['reboot-notifier'],
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/manifests/reboot_required_notify/wheezy.pp b/manifests/reboot_required_notify/wheezy.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06998ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/reboot_required_notify/wheezy.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+class apt::reboot_required_notify::wheezy ($ensure = present) {
+
+  # On Wheezy and older, this package installs the script that created
+  # /var/run/reboot-required*.
+  # This script (/usr/share/update-notifier/notify-reboot-required) is
+  # triggered e.g. by kernel packages.
+  package { 'update-notifier-common':
+    ensure => $ensure,
+  }
+
+  # cron-apt defaults to run every night at 4 o'clock
+  # plus some random time <1h.
+  # so we check if a reboot is required a bit later.
+  cron { 'apt_reboot_required_notify':
+    ensure  => $ensure,
+    command => 'if [ -f /var/run/reboot-required ]; then echo "Reboot required\n" ; cat /var/run/reboot-required.pkgs ; fi',
+    user    => root,
+    hour    => 5,
+    minute  => 20,
+    require => Package['update-notifier-common'],
+  }
+
+}