diff --git a/recipes/_install-linux.rb b/recipes/_install-linux.rb
index 0b32b350ba0d9..0e144aaf950a0 100644
--- a/recipes/_install-linux.rb
+++ b/recipes/_install-linux.rb
@@ -73,10 +73,12 @@
     allow_downgrade node['datadog']['agent_allow_downgrade']
   end
 when 'suse'
-  zypper_package 'datadog-agent' do
+  zypper_package 'datadog-agent' do # ~FC009
     version dd_agent_version
     retries package_retries unless package_retries.nil?
     retry_delay package_retry_delay unless package_retry_delay.nil?
     action package_action # default is :install
+    # allow_downgrade is only suported for zypper_package since Chef Client 13.6
+    allow_downgrade node['datadog']['agent_allow_downgrade'] if respond_to?(:allow_downgrade)
   end
 end