diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index 83da1c61cb..8989ad6141 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ source $TOP_DIR/stackrc
 
 # Warn users who aren't on an explicitly supported distro, but allow them to
 # override check and attempt installation with ``FORCE=yes ./stack``
-if [[ ! ${DISTRO} =~ (xenial|yakkety|zesty|stretch|jessie|f24|f25|rhel7|kvmibm1) ]]; then
+if [[ ! ${DISTRO} =~ (xenial|yakkety|zesty|stretch|jessie|f24|f25|opensuse-42.2|rhel7|kvmibm1) ]]; then
     echo "WARNING: this script has not been tested on $DISTRO"
     if [[ "$FORCE" != "yes" ]]; then
         die $LINENO "If you wish to run this script anyway run with FORCE=yes"
diff --git a/tools/install_prereqs.sh b/tools/install_prereqs.sh
index da59093581..a77eae6fe7 100755
--- a/tools/install_prereqs.sh
+++ b/tools/install_prereqs.sh
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ export_proxy_variables
 # Install Packages
 # ================
 
+if [[ "${DISTRO}" == "opensuse-42.2" ]]; then
+    # temporary workaround until https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1041161 is fixed
+    sudo zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/42.2-test/ leap42.2-test-updates
+    sudo zypper --non-interactive --gpg-auto-import-keys --no-gpg-checks ref
+    sudo zypper --non-interactive install liberasurecode-devel
+    sudo zypper rr leap42.2-test-updates
+fi
+
 # Install package requirements
 PACKAGES=$(get_packages general,$ENABLED_SERVICES)
 PACKAGES="$PACKAGES $(get_plugin_packages)"