diff --git a/docs/project_overview.md b/docs/project_overview.md
index e688409ba2..6c72b79df6 100644
--- a/docs/project_overview.md
+++ b/docs/project_overview.md
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ Example of `ecosystem.json`:
     "extra_dependencies": [
         "pytest"
     ],
+    "debian_dependencies": [
+        "jq"
+    ],
     "language": {
         "name": "python",
         "versions": ["3.9"]
diff --git a/ecosystem/models/configuration.py b/ecosystem/models/configuration.py
index e08fe4ec0c..eee5a5a404 100644
--- a/ecosystem/models/configuration.py
+++ b/ecosystem/models/configuration.py
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ class RepositoryConfiguration(JsonSerializable):
             ex: for python `requirements.txt`
         extra_dependencies: list of extra dependencies for project to install during tests run
             ex: for python it might be `qiskit==0.19`
+        debian_dependencies: list of debian dependenies for project to install during tests run
+            ex: jq
         tests_command: list of commands to run tests
             ex: for python `python -m unittest -v`
         styles_check_command: list of commands to run style checks
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ class RepositoryConfiguration(JsonSerializable):
     language: LanguageConfiguration = field(default_factory=PythonLanguageConfiguration)
     dependencies_files: list[str] = new_list()
     extra_dependencies: list[str] = new_list()
+    debian_dependencies: list[str] = new_list()
     tests_command: list[str] = new_list()
     styles_check_command: list[str] = new_list()
     coverages_check_command: list[str] = new_list()
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ def from_dict(cls, dictionary: dict):
                 language=language,
                 dependencies_files=config.dependencies_files,
                 extra_dependencies=config.extra_dependencies,
+                debian_dependencies=config.debian_dependencies,
                 tests_command=config.tests_command,
                 styles_check_command=config.styles_check_command,
                 coverages_check_command=config.coverages_check_command,
@@ -126,6 +130,7 @@ def load(cls, path: str) -> "RepositoryConfiguration":
                     language=language,
                     dependencies_files=config.dependencies_files,
                     extra_dependencies=config.extra_dependencies,
+                    debian_dependencies=config.debian_dependencies,
                     tests_command=config.tests_command,
                     styles_check_command=config.styles_check_command,
                     coverages_check_command=config.coverages_check_command,
@@ -168,6 +173,7 @@ def default(cls) -> "PythonRepositoryConfiguration":
             language=PythonLanguageConfiguration(),
             dependencies_files=["requirements.txt"],
             extra_dependencies=["pytest", "coverage"],
+            debian_dependencies=["jq"],
             tests_command=["pytest"],  # -W error::DeprecationWarning
             styles_check_command=["pylint -rn . tests"],
             coverages_check_command=[
diff --git a/ecosystem/templates/configured_tox.ini b/ecosystem/templates/configured_tox.ini
index 0506d6b854..f0e94e935a 100644
--- a/ecosystem/templates/configured_tox.ini
+++ b/ecosystem/templates/configured_tox.ini
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ setenv =
   VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   LC_ALL=en_US.utf-8
+debian_deps =
+{% for dep_debian in debian_dependencies -%}
+       {{ dep_debian|indent(7, True) }}
+{% endfor -%}
 deps = pytest
 {% for dep_file in dependencies_files -%}
        {{"-r"|indent(7, True)}} {{ dep_file }}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2958efd84f..647dcfc7d4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ requests==2.31.0
 coloredlogs==15.0.1
 mdformat==0.7.10
 toml==0.10.2
+tox-DEBIAN==0.3
diff --git a/tests/resources/configured_python_repository/ecosystem.json b/tests/resources/configured_python_repository/ecosystem.json
index ffce99bde9..4a1c6d2cda 100644
--- a/tests/resources/configured_python_repository/ecosystem.json
+++ b/tests/resources/configured_python_repository/ecosystem.json
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
     "extra_dependencies": [
         "pytest"
     ],
+    "debian_dependencies": [
+        "jq"
+    ],
     "language": {
         "name": "python",
         "versions": ["3.6"]