diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 2a92813..9c9d9c4 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -27,11 +27,18 @@ _network_packages_default_initscripts_bridge: ["{% if ['bridge'] in network_conn
    (ansible_distribution == 'Fedora' and ansible_distribution_major_version is version('28', '<='))
 )
 %}bridge-utils{% endif %}"]
+_network_packages_default_initscripts_network_scripts: ["{%
+if (ansible_distribution in ['RedHat', 'CentOS'] and ansible_distribution_major_version is version('7', '<=')) or
+   (ansible_distribution == 'Fedora' and ansible_distribution_major_version is version('28', '<='))
+%}initscripts{% else %}network-scripts{% endif %}"]
 # convert _network_packages_default_initscripts_bridge to an empty list if it
 # contains only the empty string and add it to the default package list
 # |select() filters the list to include only values that evalueate to true (the empty string is false)
 # |list() converts the generator that |select() creates to a list
-network_packages_default_initscripts: "{{ ['ethtool'] + _network_packages_default_initscripts_bridge|select()|list() }}"
+network_packages_default_initscripts: "{{ ['ethtool']
++ _network_packages_default_initscripts_bridge|select()|list()
++ _network_packages_default_initscripts_network_scripts|select()|list()
+}}"
 
 
 # The user can explicitly set host variables "network_provider",