diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 967df88..c7b586c 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@
 - name: Update aide check cron configuration if necessary
   ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
     path: /etc/crontab
-    regexp: "^.* root /usr/sbin/aide --check"
-    line: "{{ aide_cron_interval }} root /usr/sbin/aide --check"
+    regexp: "^.* root {{ __aide_bin_path }} --check"
+    line: "{{ aide_cron_interval }} root {{ __aide_bin_path }} --check"
   when:
     - aide_cron_check is not none
     - aide_cron_check | bool
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
     path: /etc/crontab
     state: absent
-    regexp: "^.* root /usr/sbin/aide --check"
+    regexp: "^.* root {{ __aide_bin_path }} --check"
   when:
     - aide_cron_check is not none
     - not aide_cron_check | bool
diff --git a/vars/Suse.yml b/vars/Suse.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f35fa39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/Suse.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+---
+# Put internal variables here with Suse specific values.
+
+__aide_packages: ["aide", "cron"]
+__aide_db_name: /var/lib/aide/aide.db
+__aide_db_new_name: /var/lib/aide/aide.db.new
+__aide_bin_path: /usr/bin/aide
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index f934b78..5a30f29 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ __aide_packages: ["aide", "crontabs"]
 __aide_services: []
 __aide_db_name: /var/lib/aide/aide.db.gz
 __aide_db_new_name: /var/lib/aide/aide.db.new.gz
+__aide_bin_path: /usr/sbin/aide
 # ansible_facts required by the role
 __aide_required_facts:
   - distribution