diff --git a/providers/erlang_package_from_bintray.rb b/providers/erlang_package_from_bintray.rb
index 3bf6313e..f899cc89 100644
--- a/providers/erlang_package_from_bintray.rb
+++ b/providers/erlang_package_from_bintray.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
 
     erlang_packages = [base_pkg] + DEBIAN_PACKAGES
 
+    # xenial does not have these packages
+    if node['rabbitmq']['erlang']['apt']['lsb_codename'] == 'xenial'
+      erlang_packages -= %w(erlang-ftp erlang-tftp)
+    end
+
     unless new_resource.version.nil?
       erlang_packages.each do |p|
         apt_preference "#{new_resource.name}-#{p}" do