diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 5b5a80a..50779ec 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class java::params {
   case $::osfamily {
     'RedHat': {
       case $::operatingsystem {
-        'RedHat', 'CentOS', 'OracleLinux', 'Scientific', 'OEL': {
+        'RedHat', 'CentOS', 'OracleLinux', 'Scientific', 'OEL', 'SLC': {
           if (versioncmp($::operatingsystemrelease, '5.0') < 0) {
             $jdk_package = 'java-1.6.0-sun-devel'
             $jre_package = 'java-1.6.0-sun'
diff --git a/spec/classes/java_spec.rb b/spec/classes/java_spec.rb
index 7d096cc..c311bd2 100644
--- a/spec/classes/java_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/java_spec.rb
@@ -196,6 +196,13 @@ describe 'java', :type => :class do
     it { is_expected.to contain_file_line('java-home-environment').with_line('JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-x86_64/') }
   end
 
+  context 'select passed value for Scientific Linux CERN (SLC)' do
+    let(:facts) { {:osfamily => 'RedHat', :operatingsystem => 'SLC', :operatingsystemrelease => '6.4', :architecture => 'x86_64'} }
+    let(:params) { { 'distribution' => 'jre' } }
+    it { is_expected.to contain_package('java').with_name('java-1.7.0-openjdk') }
+    it { is_expected.to contain_file_line('java-home-environment').with_line('JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-x86_64/') }
+  end
+
   context 'select default for OpenSUSE 12.3' do
     let(:facts) { {:osfamily => 'Suse', :operatingsystem => 'OpenSUSE', :operatingsystemrelease => '12.3', :architecture => 'x86_64'}}
     it { is_expected.to contain_package('java').with_name('java-1_7_0-openjdk-devel')}