diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 5d247ce1..38ac590f 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@
         "7"
       ]
     },
+    {
+      "operatingsystem": "Debian",
+      "operatingsystemrelease": [
+        "11"
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "operatingsystem": "Ubuntu",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/mysql_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/mysql_spec.rb
index 9c18e857..dc2b6a95 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/mysql_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/mysql_spec.rb
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 describe 'jira mysql' do
   it 'installs with defaults' do
     pp = <<-EOS
-      # On ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 the default is to install mariadb
+      # On Debian 11 and Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 the default is to install mariadb
       # As the ubuntu 20.04 runner we use in github actions allready has mysql installed
       # a apparmor error is triggerd when using mariadb in this test..
       # Forcing the use of mysql
-      if $facts['os']['name'] == 'Ubuntu' and versioncmp($facts['os']['release']['major'], '20.04') >= 0 {
+      if ( $facts['os']['name'] == 'Ubuntu' and versioncmp($facts['os']['release']['major'], '20.04') >= 0 )
+        or ( $facts['os']['name'] == 'Debian' and versioncmp($facts['os']['release']['major'], '11') >= 0 ) {
         $mysql_service_name = 'mysql'
         $mysql_server_package = 'mysql-server'
         $mysql_client_package = 'mysql-client'
@@ -19,10 +20,35 @@
         $mysql_client_package = undef
       }
 
+      # Debian docker image doesn't include any repo with mysql
+      if $facts['os']['name'] == 'Debian' {
+        file { '/tmp/mysql-apt-config.deb':
+          source => 'http://repo.mysql.com/mysql-apt-config.deb',
+        }
+        ~> exec { 'mysql apt repository':
+          command => '/usr/bin/dpkg -i /tmp/mysql-apt-config.deb',
+          refreshonly => true,
+        }
+        ~> exec { 'apt-update':
+          command => '/usr/bin/apt-get update',
+          refreshonly => true,
+        }
+      }
+
+      # The puppetlabs-mysql module does not manage the config file correctly on Debian
+      # Fails idempotency test because the module manages the config file before installing
+      # package mysql_server and package mysql_server overwrites this.
+      if $facts['os']['name'] == 'Debian' {
+        $manage_config_file = false
+      } else {
+        $manage_config_file = undef
+      }
+
       class { 'mysql::server':
         root_password => 'strongpassword',
         package_name => $mysql_server_package,
         service_name => $mysql_service_name,
+        manage_config_file => $manage_config_file,
       }
       class { 'mysql::client':
         package_name => $mysql_client_package,