diff --git a/bootstrap/_suse_common.sh b/bootstrap/_suse_common.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4b41bac36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap/_suse_common.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# SLE12 dont have python-virtualenv
+
+zypper -nq in -l git-core \
+  python \
+  python-devel \
+  python-virtualenv \
+  gcc \
+  dialog \
+  augeas-lenses \
+  libopenssl-devel \
+  libffi-devel \
+  ca-certificates \
diff --git a/bootstrap/install-deps.sh b/bootstrap/install-deps.sh
index 3cb0fc274..e907e7035 100755
--- a/bootstrap/install-deps.sh
+++ b/bootstrap/install-deps.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ elif [ -f /etc/gentoo-release ] ; then
 elif uname | grep -iq FreeBSD ; then
   echo "Bootstrapping dependencies for FreeBSD..."
   $SUDO $BOOTSTRAP/freebsd.sh
+elif `grep -qs openSUSE /etc/os-release` ; then
+  echo "Bootstrapping dependencies for openSUSE.."
+  $SUDO $BOOTSTRAP/suse.sh
 elif uname | grep -iq Darwin ; then
   echo "Bootstrapping dependencies for Mac OS X..."
   echo "WARNING: Mac support is very experimental at present..."
diff --git a/bootstrap/suse.sh b/bootstrap/suse.sh
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..fc4c1dee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap/suse.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+_suse_common.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto b/letsencrypt-auto
index 2391a7c0b..5d5e23a04 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ then
   elif [ -f /etc/redhat-release ] ; then
     echo "Bootstrapping dependencies for RedHat-based OSes..."
     $SUDO $BOOTSTRAP/_rpm_common.sh
+  elif `grep -q openSUSE /etc/os-release` ; then
+    echo "Bootstrapping dependencies for openSUSE-based OSes..."
+    $SUDO $BOOTSTRAP/_suse_common.sh
   elif [ -f /etc/arch-release ] ; then
     echo "Bootstrapping dependencies for Archlinux..."
     $SUDO $BOOTSTRAP/archlinux.sh