diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 116f991e0..aba4932eb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Revision history for Rex
  [MINOR]
 
  [NEW FEATURES]
+ - Added Slackware Linux support <giuseppe.diterlizzi@gmail.com>
 
  [REVISION]
 
diff --git a/lib/Rex/Commands/Gather.pm b/lib/Rex/Commands/Gather.pm
index 8848355d2..4b2bd9c6b 100644
--- a/lib/Rex/Commands/Gather.pm
+++ b/lib/Rex/Commands/Gather.pm
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ use vars qw(@EXPORT);
 
 @EXPORT = qw(operating_system_is network_interfaces memory
   get_operating_system operating_system operating_system_version operating_system_release
-  is_freebsd is_netbsd is_openbsd is_redhat is_linux is_bsd is_solaris is_suse is_debian is_mageia is_windows is_alt is_openwrt is_gentoo is_fedora is_arch is_void
+  is_freebsd is_netbsd is_openbsd is_redhat is_linux is_bsd is_solaris is_suse is_debian is_mageia is_windows is_alt is_openwrt is_gentoo is_slackware is_fedora is_arch is_void
   get_system_information dump_system_information kernelname);
 
 =head2 get_operating_system
@@ -537,6 +537,20 @@ sub is_gentoo {
 
 }
 
+=head2 is_slackware
+
+Returns true if the target system is a Gentoo System.
+
+=cut
+
+sub is_slackware {
+  my $os = get_operating_system();
+  if ( $os =~ m/Slackware/i ) {
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+}
+
 =head2 is_arch
 
  task "foo", "server1", sub {
diff --git a/lib/Rex/Hardware/Host.pm b/lib/Rex/Hardware/Host.pm
index 24a37968d..27326540e 100644
--- a/lib/Rex/Hardware/Host.pm
+++ b/lib/Rex/Hardware/Host.pm
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ sub get_operating_system {
       elsif ( $ret eq "ManjaroLinux" ) {
         $ret = "Manjaro";
       }
+      elsif ( $ret =~ m/Slackware/i ) {
+        $ret = "Slackware";
+      }
       return $ret;
     }
   }
@@ -187,6 +190,10 @@ sub get_operating_system {
     return "Manjaro";
   }
 
+  if ( is_file("/etc/slackware-version") ) {
+    return "Slackware";
+  }
+
   my $os_string = i_run("uname -s");
   return $os_string; # return the plain os
 
@@ -339,6 +346,17 @@ sub get_operating_system_version {
       return $version;
     }
   }
+  elsif ( $op eq 'Slackware' ) {
+    my $fh      = file_read("/etc/slackware-version");
+    my $content = $fh->read_all;
+    $fh->close;
+
+    chomp $content;
+
+    $content =~ m/(\d+(\.[\d+]+)*)/;
+
+    return $1;
+  }
 
   return [ i_run("uname -r") ]->[0];
 
diff --git a/lib/Rex/Pkg/Slackware.pm b/lib/Rex/Pkg/Slackware.pm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1f927a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Rex/Pkg/Slackware.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+# Slackware
+#
+# (c) Giuseppe Di Terlizzi <giuseppe.diterlizzi@gmail.com>
+#
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 tw=0:
+# vim: set expandtab:
+
+package Rex::Pkg::Slackware;
+
+use 5.010001;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+our $VERSION = '9999.99.99_99'; # VERSION
+
+use Rex::Commands::Run;
+use Rex::Helper::Run;
+use Rex::Commands::File;
+use Rex::Pkg::Base;
+use base qw(Rex::Pkg::Base);
+
+sub new {
+  my $that  = shift;
+  my $proto = ref($that) || $that;
+  my $self  = $proto->SUPER::new(@_);
+
+  bless( $self, $proto );
+
+  $self->{commands} = {
+    install            => 'slackpkg -batch=on -default_answer=y install %s',
+    install_version    => 'slackpkg -batch=on -default_answer=y install %s',
+    update_system      => 'slackpkg -batch=on -default_answer=y upgrade-all',
+    dist_update_system => 'slackpkg -batch=on -default_answer=y upgrade-all',
+    remove             => 'slackpkg -batch=on -default_answer=y remove %s',
+    update_package_db  => 'slackpkg -batch=on -default_answer=y update',
+  };
+
+  return $self;
+}
+
+sub bulk_install {
+  my ( $self, $packages_aref, $option ) = @_;
+
+  delete $option->{version}; # makes no sense to specify the same version for several packages
+
+  $self->update( "@{$packages_aref}", $option );
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
+sub get_installed {
+  my ($self) = @_;
+
+  my @ret;
+
+  for my $line ( i_run("ls -d /var/log/packages/* | cut -d '/' -f5-") ) {
+
+    my $name;
+    my $version;
+    my $build;
+    my $tag;
+    my $arch;
+
+    # Stantard Slackware Linux package naming:
+    #
+    # name-1.0-arch-1     (Official:    name + version + arch + build)
+    # name-1.0-arch-1tag  (Third-Party: name + version + arch + build + tag)
+
+    my @parts = split /-/, $line;
+
+    $build   = pop @parts;
+    $arch    = pop @parts;
+    $version = pop @parts;
+    $name    = join '-', @parts;
+
+    ( $build, $tag ) = ( $build =~ /^(\d+)(.*)/ );
+
+    push(
+      @ret,
+      {
+        name    => $name,
+        version => $version,
+        arch    => $arch,
+        build   => $build,
+        tag     => $tag
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
+  return @ret;
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/lib/Rex/Service/Slackware.pm b/lib/Rex/Service/Slackware.pm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b384148fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Rex/Service/Slackware.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#
+# (c) Giuseppe Di Terlizzi <giuseppe.diterlizzi@gmail.com>
+#
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 tw=0:
+# vim: set expandtab:
+
+package Rex::Service::Slackware;
+
+use 5.010001;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+our $VERSION = '9999.99.99_99'; # VERSION
+
+use base qw(Rex::Service::Base);
+
+sub new {
+  my $that  = shift;
+  my $proto = ref($that) || $that;
+  my $self  = $proto->SUPER::new(@_);
+
+  bless( $self, $proto );
+
+  $self->{commands} = {
+    start          => '/etc/rc.d/rc.%s start',
+    restart        => '/etc/rc.d/rc.%s restart',
+    stop           => '/etc/rc.d/rc.%s stop',
+    reload         => '/etc/rc.d/rc.%s reload',
+    status         => '/etc/rc.d/rc.%s status',
+    ensure_stop    => 'chmod -x /etc/rc.d/rc.%s',
+    ensure_start   => 'chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.%s',
+    action         => '/etc/rc.d/rc.%s %s',
+    service_exists => 'test -e /etc/rc.d/rc.%s',
+  };
+
+  return $self;
+}
+
+1;