diff --git a/REFERENCE.md b/REFERENCE.md
index d7832047..98d8d44c 100644
--- a/REFERENCE.md
+++ b/REFERENCE.md
@@ -11125,7 +11125,7 @@ Default value: `undef`
 
 ### <a name="prometheus--rabbitmq_exporter"></a>`prometheus::rabbitmq_exporter`
 
-This module manages prometheus rabbitmq_exporter
+This class is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
 
 #### Parameters
 
diff --git a/manifests/rabbitmq_exporter.pp b/manifests/rabbitmq_exporter.pp
index 410a614e..340b2882 100644
--- a/manifests/rabbitmq_exporter.pp
+++ b/manifests/rabbitmq_exporter.pp
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
 #  Optional proxy server, with port number if needed. ie: https://example.com:8080
 # @param proxy_type
 #  Optional proxy server type (none|http|https|ftp)
+# @note
+# This class is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
 class prometheus::rabbitmq_exporter (
   Prometheus::Uri $download_url_base,
   Array[String] $extra_groups,
@@ -109,7 +111,27 @@
   Optional[String[1]] $proxy_server                          = undef,
   Optional[Enum['none', 'http', 'https', 'ftp']] $proxy_type = undef,
 ) inherits prometheus {
-  $real_download_url    = pick($download_url, "${download_url_base}/download/v${version}/${package_name}-${version}.${os}-${arch}.${download_extension}")
+  deprecation(
+    'promtheus::rabbitmq_exporter',
+    'This class is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. See https://github.com/kbudde/rabbitmq_exporter/issues/383 for details',
+    false
+  )
+
+  if versioncmp($version, '1.0.0') >= 0 {
+    $extract_path = "/opt/${package_name}-${version}.${os}-${arch}"
+    $real_download_url    = pick($download_url, "${download_url_base}/download/v${version}/${package_name}_${version}_${os}_${arch}.${download_extension}")
+    file { $extract_path:
+      ensure => 'directory',
+      owner  => 'root',
+      group  => 0, # 0 instead of root because OS X uses "wheel".
+      mode   => '0555',
+      before => Prometheus::Daemon[$service_name],
+    }
+  } else {
+    $extract_path = '/opt'
+    $real_download_url    = pick($download_url, "${download_url_base}/download/v${version}/${package_name}-${version}.${os}-${arch}.${download_extension}")
+  }
+
   $notify_service = $restart_on_change ? {
     true    => Service[$service_name],
     default => undef,
@@ -158,5 +180,6 @@
     scrape_job_labels  => $scrape_job_labels,
     proxy_server       => $proxy_server,
     proxy_type         => $proxy_type,
+    extract_path       => $extract_path,
   }
 }
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/rabbitmq_exporter_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/rabbitmq_exporter_spec.rb
index 619c5d08..ea65016e 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/rabbitmq_exporter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/rabbitmq_exporter_spec.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,32 @@ class { 'prometheus::rabbitmq_exporter':
       it { is_expected.to be_enabled }
     end
 
-    describe port(9090) do
+    describe port(9419) do
+      it { is_expected.to be_listening.with('tcp6') }
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'prometheus rabbitmq_exporter version 1.0.0' do
+    it 'rabbitmq_exporter installs with version 1.0.0' do
+      pp = <<-EOS
+        class { 'prometheus::rabbitmq_exporter':
+          version        => '1.0.0',
+          extra_env_vars => {
+            'PUBLISH_PORT' => '9419',
+          },
+          scrape_port    => 9419,
+        }
+      EOS
+      apply_manifest(pp, catch_failures: true)
+      apply_manifest(pp, catch_changes: true)
+    end
+
+    describe service('rabbitmq_exporter') do
+      it { is_expected.to be_running }
+      it { is_expected.to be_enabled }
+    end
+
+    describe port(9419) do
       it { is_expected.to be_listening.with('tcp6') }
     end
   end