diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/gencode-remote
index 9dd3ddf6..3e25f45f 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/gencode-remote
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 
 type="$__object/parameter/type"
 
+apt_clean="$__object/parameter/apt-clean"
+
+apt_dist_upgrade="$__object/parameter/apt-dist-upgrade"
+
 if [ -f "$type" ]; then
     type="$(cat "$type")"
 else
@@ -48,8 +52,15 @@ case "$type" in
         echo "yum --quiet clean all"
         ;;
     apt)
-        echo $aptget dist-upgrade
-        echo "apt-get --quiet autoclean"
+        if [ -f "$apt_dist_upgrade" ]
+        then echo $aptget dist-upgrade
+        else echo $aptget upgrade
+        fi
+
+        if [ -f "$apt_clean" ]
+        then echo "apt-get --quiet clean"
+        else echo "apt-get --quiet autoclean"
+        fi
         ;;
     pacman)
         echo "pacman --noprogressbar --noconfirm --sync --sysupgrade"
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/parameter/boolean b/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/parameter/boolean
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a56a34b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_upgrade_all/parameter/boolean
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+apt-clean
+apt-dist-upgrade