diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 3a1be74019e815e12a496ca36171ef74b777a7f4..37f2d5bab37166da85e8fe5e2d07153403856a1a 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ include_recipe 'apache2'
 include_recipe 'apache2::mod_ssl'
 
 if node['platform_version'] == '16.04'
+	package 'libapache2-mod-php7.0'
 	%w(php php-cli php-curl php-intl php-gd php-mcrypt php-mysql ).each do |name|
 		package name do
 			action :install