diff --git a/resources/ansible/roles/xdebug/tasks/main.yml b/resources/ansible/roles/xdebug/tasks/main.yml
index e38815d001..7ca7774ca2 100644
--- a/resources/ansible/roles/xdebug/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/resources/ansible/roles/xdebug/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 ---
-- name: Install xDebug
-  sudo: yes
-  apt: pkg=php5-xdebug state=latest
+- name: Install xdebug
+  apt: pkg=php-xdebug state=latest update_cache=yes
+
+- name: Copy xdebug INI into mods-available folder.
+  template: >
+    src=xdebug.ini.j2
+    dest=/etc/php/5.6/mods-available/xdebug.ini
+    owner=root group=root mode=644
diff --git a/resources/ansible/roles/xdebug/templates/xdebug.ini.j2 b/resources/ansible/roles/xdebug/templates/xdebug.ini.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83c93b4ce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/ansible/roles/xdebug/templates/xdebug.ini.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[XDebug]
+zend_extension=xdebug.so
+xdebug.idekey={{ xdebug.idekey }}
+xdebug.remote_host=10.0.2.2
+xdebug.remote_port={{ xdebug.port }}
+xdebug.remote_enable=1
+xdebug.remote_autostart=0
+xdebug.remote_handler="dbgp"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resources/ansible/vars/all.yml b/resources/ansible/vars/all.yml
index 26f2941820..5389921726 100644
--- a/resources/ansible/vars/all.yml
+++ b/resources/ansible/vars/all.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ php:
         - {name: amqp, package: amqp-1.4.0}
 xdebug:
     install: '1'
+    idekey: 'PHPSTORM'
+    port: '10001'
+
 composer:
     install: '1'