diff --git a/roles/php-fpm/tasks/main.yml b/roles/php-fpm/tasks/main.yml
index 46c3776..04a675f 100644
--- a/roles/php-fpm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php-fpm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 ---
+# Note: Debian 9's php-fpm config is identical to Ubuntu 16.04's, so for now we
+# can capitalize on that and use the same tasks.
 
 - include: Debian.yml
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'Debian'
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '<')
   tags: php-fpm
 
 - include: Ubuntu.yml
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu'
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' or (ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '=='))
   tags: php-fpm
 
 # vim: set ts=2 sw=2:
diff --git a/roles/php-fpm/templates/php7.0-pool.conf.j2 b/roles/php-fpm/templates/php7.0-pool.conf.j2
index 225b588..d8c5787 100644
--- a/roles/php-fpm/templates/php7.0-pool.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/php-fpm/templates/php7.0-pool.conf.j2
@@ -22,8 +22,13 @@
 ; Unix user/group of processes
 ; Note: The user is mandatory. If the group is not set, the default user's group
 ;       will be used.
+{% if ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '==') %}
+user = www-data
+group = www-data
+{% else %}
 user = nginx
 group = nginx
+{% endif %}
 
 ; The address on which to accept FastCGI requests.
 ; Valid syntaxes are:
@@ -44,8 +49,13 @@ listen = /run/php/php7.0-fpm-{{ domain_name }}.sock
 ; BSD-derived systems allow connections regardless of permissions.
 ; Default Values: user and group are set as the running user
 ;                 mode is set to 0660
+{% if ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '==') %}
+listen.owner = www-data
+listen.group = www-data
+{% else %}
 listen.owner = nginx
 listen.group = nginx
+{% endif %}
 ;listen.mode = 0660
 ; When POSIX Access Control Lists are supported you can set them using
 ; these options, value is a comma separated list of user/group names.