diff --git a/.github/scripts/debian-prerequisites.sh b/.github/scripts/debian-prerequisites.sh
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..f070b0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/debian-prerequisites.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+./ubuntu-prerequisites.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/scripts/ubuntu-prerequisites.sh b/.github/scripts/ubuntu-prerequisites.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..52991b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/ubuntu-prerequisites.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#/usr/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+apt-get update
+apt-get install -y curl git protobuf-compiler
+
+curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
+. "$HOME/.cargo/env"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0e264f9..c4d54c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,13 +12,17 @@ on:
 jobs:
   ci:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    concurrency:
-      group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
-      cancel-in-progress: true
-    container: ubuntu:24.04
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        container: ["ubuntu:24.04", "debian:12:5"]
+    container: ${{ matrix.container }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+      - name: Run the prerequisites script
+        run: |
+          ./.github/scripts/$(echo "${{ matrix.container }}" | cut -d':' -f1)-prerequisites.sh
+
       # - name: Rust compilation prerequisites
       #   run: |
       #     sudo apt update