diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index 66abf59..6a621f2 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -52,12 +52,21 @@
      - zlib1g-dev
      - libncurses5-dev
      - libffi-dev
-     - libgdbm3
      - libgdbm-dev
      - yarn
      - libidn11-dev
      - libicu-dev
      - libjemalloc1
      - libjemalloc-dev
+- name: Install xenial specific deps
+  when: ansible_distribution_release == 'xenial'
+  apt: name={{ item }} state=latest update_cache=yes
+  with_items:
+     - libgdbm3
+- name: Install bionic specific deps
+  when: ansible_distribution_release == 'bionic'
+  apt: name={{ item }} state=latest update_cache=yes
+  with_items:
+     - libgdbm5
 - name: Add mastodon system user
   user: name=mastodon state=present