diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index fdbce32..e8e82c5 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Name                        Nick                   Email
 Alec Koumjian               akoumjian              akoumjian@gmail.com
 Alex Van't Hof              alexvh
 Angelo Gründler             plueschopath           angelo.gruendler@w1r3.net
+Boris Feld                  Lothiraldan
 bruce-one                   bruce-one
 Chris Rebert                cvrebert               chris.rebert@hulu.com
 Christer Edwards            cedwards
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 21c6a3b..50085a7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Version 2014.xx.xx:
 	* Fixed a bug on the services enabled function searching logic.
 	* Arch, Fedora, openSUSE and SuSE now check for services enabled, if using systemd
 	* CentOS(and any RedHat based) and Ubuntu now check for services enabled is using upstart
+	* Distro Support Added:
+		* Debian 8. Thank You Boris Feld(Lothiraldan).
 
 
 Version 2014.02.19:
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5211e87..82a2ca8 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ Supported Operating Systems
 - Amazon Linux 2012.09
 - Arch
 - CentOS 5/6
-- Debian 6.x/7.x
+- Debian 6.x/7.x/8(git installations only)
 - Fedora 17/18
 - FreeBSD 9.1/9.2/10
 - Gentoo
diff --git a/bootstrap-salt.sh b/bootstrap-salt.sh
index 913cfbb..2f2ba86 100755
--- a/bootstrap-salt.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-salt.sh
@@ -727,6 +727,9 @@ __gather_linux_system_info() {
                             if [ "$(cat /etc/debian_version)" = "wheezy/sid" ]; then
                                 # I've found an EC2 wheezy image which did not tell its version
                                 v=$(__parse_version_string "7.0")
+                            elif [ "$(cat /etc/debian_version)" = "jessie/sid" ]; then
+                                # Let's start detecting the upcoming Debian 8 (Jessie)
+                                v=$(__parse_version_string "8.0")
                             fi
                         else
                             echowarn "Unable to parse the Debian Version"
@@ -1791,6 +1794,11 @@ _eof
     return 0
 }
 
+install_debian_8_deps__DISABLED() {
+    install_debian_7_deps || return 1
+    return 0
+}
+
 install_debian_git_deps() {
     if [ $_START_DAEMONS -eq $BS_FALSE ]; then
         echowarn "Not starting daemons on Debian based distributions is not working mostly because starting them is the default behaviour."
@@ -1859,6 +1867,11 @@ install_debian_7_git_deps() {
     return 0
 }
 
+install_debian_8_git_deps() {
+    install_debian_7_git_deps || return 1
+    return 0
+}
+
 __install_debian_stable() {
     packages=""
     if [ $_INSTALL_MINION -eq $BS_TRUE ]; then
@@ -1894,6 +1907,11 @@ install_debian_7_stable() {
     return 0
 }
 
+install_debian_8_stable() {
+    __install_debian_stable || return 1
+    return 0
+}
+
 install_debian_git() {
     if [ $_PIP_ALLOWED -eq $BS_TRUE ]; then
         # Building pyzmq from source to build it against libzmq3.
@@ -1920,6 +1938,11 @@ install_debian_7_git() {
     return 0
 }
 
+install_debian_8_git() {
+    install_debian_git || return 1
+    return 0
+}
+
 install_debian_git_post() {
     for fname in minion master syndic; do