diff --git a/.devcontainer/portability-debian-forky/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/portability-debian-forky/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..425abb539a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/portability-debian-forky/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// See https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json for format details.
+{
+    "name": "debian-forky",
+    "image": "debian:forky",
+    "onCreateCommand": ".devcontainer/onCreate-meson.sh || true",
+    "features": {
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/git": {},
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/python:1": {},
+        "../uv": {
+			"version": "latest"
+		}
+    },
+    "containerEnv": {
+        "devcontainerId": "${devcontainerId}",
+        "UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT": ".venv-${devcontainerId}" 
+    },
+    "customizations": {
+        "vscode": {
+            "extensions": [
+                "ms-python.python"
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 07c5fcc87f0..943c1d3d19a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         container:
           - fedora:41
           - fedora:42
+          - debian:forky
           - ghcr.io/void-linux/void-glibc-full
           - archlinux
           #- ubuntu:22.04 - fails due to issue with cypari2
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 887f416bfc4..ffff22ddfbc 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
         "Cython",
         "d'Alembertian",
         "dalembertian",
+        "devcontainers",
         "disp",
         "doctest",
         "doctests",