diff --git a/manifests/install.pp b/manifests/install.pp
index 56ce36ce..66fc13cb 100644
--- a/manifests/install.pp
+++ b/manifests/install.pp
@@ -284,8 +284,11 @@
         $pip_package  = 'pip'
         $pip_provider = 'pip'
       } else {
+        $pip_package = fact('os.release.major') ? {
+          '20.04' => 'python3-pip',
+          default => 'python-pip',
+        }
         $pip_category = undef
-        $pip_package  = 'python-pip'
         $pip_provider = 'pip'
       }
 
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 338f9bd9..c28bc7cb 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
   }
 
   $ensure                      = 'present'
-  $version                     = 'system'
   $pip                         = 'present'
   $dev                         = 'absent'
   $virtualenv                  = 'absent'
@@ -46,4 +45,9 @@
     'RedHat' => 'python-gunicorn',
     default  => 'gunicorn',
   }
+
+  $version = fact('os.release.major') ? {
+    '20.04' => '3',
+    default => 'system',
+  }
 }
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 69895173..301a05cc 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
       "operatingsystem": "Ubuntu",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "16.04",
-        "18.04"
+        "18.04",
+        "20.04"
       ]
     },
     {
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/facts_test_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/facts_test_spec.rb
index 39c1ad83..ce5b2cfa 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/facts_test_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/facts_test_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   context 'facts' do
     install_python = <<-EOS
       class { 'python' :
-        version    => 'system',
         pip        => 'present',
         virtualenv => 'present',
       }
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/virtualenv_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/virtualenv_spec.rb
index 13e5888d..c95fa00a 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/virtualenv_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/virtualenv_spec.rb
@@ -32,19 +32,12 @@ class { 'python' :
 
     it 'maintains pip version' do
       pp = <<-EOS
-      if $facts['os']['name'] == 'Ubuntu' and $facts['os']['release']['major'] == '16.04' {
-        $version = '3'
-      } else {
-        $version = 'system'
-      }
       class { 'python' :
-        version    => $version,
         pip        => 'present',
         virtualenv => 'present',
       }
       -> python::virtualenv { 'venv' :
         ensure     => 'present',
-        version    => $version,
         systempkgs => false,
         venv_dir   => '/opt/venv2',
       }
@@ -61,19 +54,12 @@ class { 'python' :
 
     it 'works with ensure=>latest' do
       pp = <<-EOS
-      if $facts['os']['name'] == 'Ubuntu' and $facts['os']['release']['major'] == '16.04' {
-        $version = '3'
-      } else {
-        $version = 'system'
-      }
       class { 'python' :
-        version    => $version,
         pip        => 'present',
         virtualenv => 'present',
       }
       -> python::virtualenv { 'venv' :
         ensure     => 'present',
-        version    => $version,
         systempkgs => false,
         venv_dir   => '/opt/venv3',
       }
@@ -92,19 +78,12 @@ class { 'python' :
 
     it 'works with ensure=>latest for package with underscore in its name' do
       pp = <<-EOS
-       if $facts['os']['name'] == 'Ubuntu' and $facts['os']['release']['major'] == '16.04' {
-        $version = '3'
-      } else {
-        $version = 'system'
-      }
       class { 'python' :
-        version    => $version,
         pip        => 'present',
         virtualenv => 'present',
       }
       -> python::virtualenv { 'venv' :
         ensure     => 'present',
-        version    => $version,
         systempkgs => false,
         venv_dir   => '/opt/venv4',
       }
@@ -123,22 +102,15 @@ class { 'python' :
 
     it 'works with editable=>true' do
       pp = <<-EOS
-      if $facts['os']['name'] == 'Ubuntu' and $facts['os']['release']['major'] == '16.04' {
-        $version = '3'
-      } else {
-        $version = 'system'
-      }
       package{ 'git' :
         ensure => 'present',
       }
       -> class { 'python' :
-        version    => $version,
         pip        => 'present',
         virtualenv => 'present',
       }
       -> python::virtualenv { 'venv' :
         ensure     => 'present',
-        version    => $version,
         systempkgs => false,
         venv_dir   => '/opt/venv5',
       }
@@ -157,19 +129,12 @@ class { 'python' :
 
     it 'works with == in pkgname' do
       pp = <<-EOS
-      if $facts['os']['name'] == 'Ubuntu' and $facts['os']['release']['major'] == '16.04' {
-        $version = '3'
-      } else {
-        $version = 'system'
-      }
       class { 'python' :
-        version    => $version,
         pip        => 'present',
         virtualenv => 'present',
       }
       -> python::virtualenv { 'venv' :
         ensure     => 'present',
-        version    => $version,
         systempkgs => false,
         venv_dir   => '/opt/venv6',
       }