diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/apache2_module.py b/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/apache2_module.py
index c994492016b..38d408d74b5 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/apache2_module.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/apache2_module.py
@@ -109,10 +109,7 @@ def _run_threaded(module):
 
     result, stdout, stderr = module.run_command("%s -V" % control_binary)
 
-    if re.search(r'threaded:[ ]*yes', stdout):
-        return True
-    else:
-        return False
+    return bool(re.search(r'threaded:[ ]*yes', stdout))
 
 def _get_ctl_binary(module):
     for command in ['apache2ctl', 'apachectl']:
@@ -146,20 +143,38 @@ def _module_is_enabled(module):
         else:
             module.fail_json(msg=error_msg)
 
-    """
-    Work around for php modules; php7.x are always listed as php7_module
-    """
-    php_module = re.search(r'^(php\d)\.', name)
-    if php_module:
-        name = php_module.group(1)
+    searchstring = ' ' + create_apache_identifier(name)
+    return searchstring in stdout
 
+def create_apache_identifier(name):
     """
-    Workaround for shib2; module is listed as mod_shib
-    """
-    if re.search(r'shib2', name):
-        return bool(re.search(r' mod_shib', stdout))
+    By convention if a module is loaded via name, it appears in apache2ctl -M as
+    name_module.
+
+    Some modules don't follow this convention and we use replacements for those."""
+
+    # a2enmod name replacement to apache2ctl -M names
+    text_workarounds = [
+        ('shib2', 'mod_shib'),
+        ('evasive', 'evasive20_module'),
+    ]
+
+    # re expressions to extract subparts of names
+    re_workarounds = [
+        ('php', r'^(php\d)\.'),
+    ]
+
+    for a2enmod_spelling, module_name in text_workarounds:
+        if a2enmod_spelling in name:
+            return module_name
+
+    for search, reexpr in re_workarounds:
+        if search in name:
+            rematch = re.search(reexpr, name)
+            return rematch.group(1) + '_module'
+
+    return name + '_module'
 
-    return bool(re.search(r' ' + name + r'_module', stdout))
 
 def _set_state(module, state):
     name = module.params['name']
@@ -221,6 +236,6 @@ def main():
         _set_state(module, module.params['state'])
 
 # import module snippets
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/apache2_module/tasks/actualtest.yml b/test/integration/targets/apache2_module/tasks/actualtest.yml
index fc0408a40ba..928876ff96e 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/apache2_module/tasks/actualtest.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/apache2_module/tasks/actualtest.yml
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@
 
 - name: install apache via apt
   apt:
-    name: apache2
+    name: "{{item}}"
     state: present
   when: "ansible_os_family == 'Debian'"
+  with_items:
+    - apache2
+    - libapache2-mod-evasive
 
 - name: install apache via zypper
   zypper:
@@ -84,4 +87,11 @@
     name: autoindex
     state: absent
     force: True
-  when: "ansible_os_family != 'Suse'"
+  when: "ansible_os_family == 'Debian'"
+
+
+- name: enable evasive module, test https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/22635
+  apache2_module:
+    name: evasive
+    state: present
+  when: "ansible_os_family == 'Debian'"
diff --git a/test/units/modules/web_infrastructure/test_apache2_module.py b/test/units/modules/web_infrastructure/test_apache2_module.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..37da955cf6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/units/modules/web_infrastructure/test_apache2_module.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import pytest
+
+from ansible.modules.web_infrastructure.apache2_module import create_apache_identifier
+
+REPLACEMENTS = [
+    ('php7.1', 'php7_module'),
+    ('php5.6', 'php5_module'),
+    ('shib2', 'mod_shib'),
+    ('evasive', 'evasive20_module'),
+    ('thismoduledoesnotexist', 'thismoduledoesnotexist_module'),  # the default
+]
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("replacement", REPLACEMENTS, ids=lambda x: x[0])
+def test_apache_identifier(replacement):
+    "test the correct replacement of an a2enmod name with an apache2ctl name"
+    assert create_apache_identifier(replacement[0]) == replacement[1]