diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d76f1f0373..cb7fc7bc5c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ commands =
   sphinx-build -W -b latex doc/source doc/build/pdf
   make -C doc/build/pdf
 
+[testenv:debug]
+commands=
+  find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
+  oslo_debug_helper {posargs}
+
 [testenv:venv]
 commands = {posargs}
 setenv = PYTHONHASHSEED=0