diff --git a/resources/memcached_instance.rb b/resources/memcached_instance.rb
index 05dac84..2e88fc2 100644
--- a/resources/memcached_instance.rb
+++ b/resources/memcached_instance.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 #
 include Memcached::Helpers
 
-resource_name :memcached_instance
+provides :memcached_instance
+provides :memcached_instance_systemd # legacy name
 
 property :instance_name, String, name_property: true
 property :memory, [Integer, String], default: 64
diff --git a/spec/unit/recipes/instance_spec.rb b/spec/unit/recipes/instance_spec.rb
index 39360ac..30015e0 100644
--- a/spec/unit/recipes/instance_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/recipes/instance_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   context 'on rhel 7' do
     platform 'redhat', '7'
-    step_into :memcached_instance
+    step_into :memcached_instance, :memcached_instance_systemd
 
     it do
       is_expected.to start_memcached_instance('web_cache').with(
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       )
     end
     it do
-      is_expected.to start_memcached_instance('backend_cache').with(
+      is_expected.to start_memcached_instance_systemd('backend_cache').with(
         memory: 64,
         port: 11213,
         udp_port: 11213,
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
       )
     end
     it { is_expected.to enable_memcached_instance('web_cache') }
-    it { is_expected.to enable_memcached_instance('backend_cache') }
+    it { is_expected.to enable_memcached_instance_systemd('backend_cache') }
     it { is_expected.to enable_memcached_instance('painful_cache') }
     it { is_expected.to enable_memcached_instance('socket') }
     it { is_expected.to stop_service('disable default memcached') }
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 
   context 'on ubuntu 18.04' do
     platform 'ubuntu', '18.04'
-    step_into :memcached_instance
+    step_into :memcached_instance, :memcached_instance_systemd
 
     it do
       is_expected.to start_memcached_instance('web_cache').with(
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
       )
     end
     it do
-      is_expected.to start_memcached_instance('backend_cache').with(
+      is_expected.to start_memcached_instance_systemd('backend_cache').with(
         memory: 64,
         port: 11213,
         udp_port: 11213,
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
       )
     end
     it { is_expected.to enable_memcached_instance('web_cache') }
-    it { is_expected.to enable_memcached_instance('backend_cache') }
+    it { is_expected.to enable_memcached_instance_systemd('backend_cache') }
     it { is_expected.to enable_memcached_instance('painful_cache') }
     it { is_expected.to enable_memcached_instance('socket') }
     it { is_expected.to stop_service('disable default memcached') }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/cookbooks/test/recipes/instance.rb b/test/fixtures/cookbooks/test/recipes/instance.rb
index 6836a18..773eac6 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/cookbooks/test/recipes/instance.rb
+++ b/test/fixtures/cookbooks/test/recipes/instance.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 user 'memcached_other_user'
 user 'memcached_painful_cache'
 
-memcached_instance 'backend_cache' do
+memcached_instance_systemd 'backend_cache' do
   port 11_213
   udp_port 11_213
   memory 64