diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 405ffa79..4d8509ce 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 ---
 ## Installation options
+redis_install_method: "source"
 redis_version: 2.8.24
 redis_install_dir: /opt/redis
 redis_dir: /var/lib/redis/{{ redis_port }}
 redis_config_file_name: "{{ redis_port }}.conf"
 redis_download_url: "http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-{{ redis_version }}.tar.gz"
+redis_package: redis-server
+redis_pin_package: false
 
 redis_protected_mode: "yes"
 # Set this to true to validate redis tarball checksum against vars/main.yml
diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 7719b322..2b4cf7ac 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -10,3 +10,9 @@
     name: sentinel_{{ redis_sentinel_port }}
     state: restarted
   when: redis_as_service
+
+- name: "disable redis"
+  service:
+    name: "{{ redis_service_name }}"
+    enabled: no
+  when: redis_as_service
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 77327f71..cf125e1c 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,19 +2,31 @@
 - include: check_vars.yml
 
 - include: download.yml
+  when: redis_install_method == "source"
   tags:
     - download
 
 - include: dependencies.yml
+  when: redis_install_method == "source"
   tags:
     - install
 
-- include: install.yml
+- include: setup.yml
+  tags:
+    - install
+
+- include: package.yml
+  when: redis_install_method == "package"
+  tags:
+    - install
+
+- include: source.yml
+  when: redis_install_method == "source"
   tags:
     - install
 
 - include: server.yml
-  when: not redis_sentinel
+  when: redis_server
   tags:
     - config
 
diff --git a/tasks/package.yml b/tasks/package.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30cbdc67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/package.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+---
+- name: Set pin content
+  set_fact:
+    pin_content: |
+      {{ pin_content | default('') }}
+      Package: {{ item }}
+      Pin: version {{ redis_version }}
+      Pin-Priority: 1001
+  loop: "{{ redis_packages }}"
+
+- name: Pin Redis release
+  copy:
+    dest: /etc/apt/preferences.d/redis
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: '0644'
+    content: "{{ pin_content }}"
+  when:
+    - redis_pin_package
+    - ansible_distribution == "Ubuntu" or ansible_distribution == "Debian"
+
+- name: Install Redis package
+  package:
+    name: "{{ redis_packages }}"
+    state: present
+  notify: "disable redis"
+
+- name: flush handlers to disable redis after install
+  meta: flush_handlers
diff --git a/tasks/server.yml b/tasks/server.yml
index 7befe8a9..90538e08 100644
--- a/tasks/server.yml
+++ b/tasks/server.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   service:
     name: "{{ redis_service_name }}"
     enabled: yes
-  when: redis_as_service
+  when: redis_as_service or redis_install_method == "package"
 
 # Check then create log dir to prevent aggressively overwriting permissions
 - name: check if log directory exists
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     owner: "{{ redis_user }}"
     group: "{{ redis_group }}"
   when: redis_logfile != '""'
-  
+
 - name: update permissions of log file if needed
   file:
     state: file
diff --git a/tasks/setup.yml b/tasks/setup.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a42601d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/setup.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+- name: enable overcommit in sysctl
+  sysctl:
+    name: vm.overcommit_memory
+    value: "1"
+    state: present
+    reload: yes
+    ignoreerrors: yes
+  when: redis_travis_ci is not defined
diff --git a/tasks/install.yml b/tasks/source.yml
similarity index 90%
rename from tasks/install.yml
rename to tasks/source.yml
index 82808b4d..1d52c0e5 100644
--- a/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/tasks/source.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
 ---
-- name: enable overcommit in sysctl
-  sysctl:
-    name: vm.overcommit_memory
-    value: "1"
-    state: present
-    reload: yes
-    ignoreerrors: yes
-  when: redis_travis_ci is not defined
-
 - name: compile redis
   shell: umask 0022 && make -j{{ ansible_processor_cores|default(1) + 1 }}{{ ' 32bit' if redis_make_32bit|bool else '' }}{{ ' BUILD_TLS=yes' if redis_make_tls|bool else '' }}
   args: