diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 9533f69..b49384b 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ this offering, while limited, is as follows:
 
 - CentOS 7
 - Centos 8
+- Debian 8
 - Debian 9
 - Debian 10
 - Fedora (only git installations)
diff --git a/bootstrap-salt.sh b/bootstrap-salt.sh
index ffeb69b..5fa963c 100755
--- a/bootstrap-salt.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-salt.sh
@@ -1560,7 +1560,7 @@ __check_end_of_life_versions() {
     case "${DISTRO_NAME_L}" in
         debian)
             # Debian versions below 7 are not supported
-            if [ "$DISTRO_MAJOR_VERSION" -lt 7 ]; then
+            if [ "$DISTRO_MAJOR_VERSION" -lt 8 ]; then
                 echoerror "End of life distributions are not supported."
                 echoerror "Please consider upgrading to the next stable. See:"
                 echoerror "    https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases"