diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 803db3a3fa..9cc95b607e 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@
         nodes:
           - controller
 
+- nodeset:
+    name: devstack-single-node-debian-bookworm
+    nodes:
+      - name: controller
+        label: debian-bookworm
+    groups:
+      - name: tempest
+        nodes:
+          - controller
+
 - nodeset:
     name: devstack-single-node-debian-bullseye
     nodes:
@@ -704,6 +714,19 @@
       devstack_localrc:
         GLOBAL_VENV: false
 
+- job:
+    name: devstack-platform-debian-bookworm
+    parent: tempest-full-py3
+    description: Debian Bookworm platform test
+    nodeset: devstack-single-node-debian-bookworm
+    timeout: 9000
+    voting: false
+    vars:
+      configure_swap_size: 4096
+      devstack_localrc:
+        # TODO(frickler): drop this once wheel build is fixed
+        MYSQL_GATHER_PERFORMANCE: false
+
 - job:
     name: devstack-platform-debian-bullseye
     parent: tempest-full-py3
@@ -926,6 +949,7 @@
         - devstack-ipv6
         - devstack-enforce-scope
         - devstack-platform-centos-9-stream
+        - devstack-platform-debian-bookworm
         - devstack-platform-debian-bullseye
         - devstack-platform-rocky-blue-onyx
         - devstack-platform-ubuntu-focal
diff --git a/lib/databases/mysql b/lib/databases/mysql
index 27d1ec600f..e069e128e9 100644
--- a/lib/databases/mysql
+++ b/lib/databases/mysql
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if [[ -z "$MYSQL_SERVICE_NAME" ]]; then
     MYSQL_SERVICE_NAME=mysql
     if is_fedora && ! is_oraclelinux; then
         MYSQL_SERVICE_NAME=mariadb
-    elif [[ "$DISTRO" == "bullseye" ]]; then
+    elif [[ "$DISTRO" =~ bookworm|bullseye ]]; then
         MYSQL_SERVICE_NAME=mariadb
     fi
 fi
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ function configure_database_mysql {
     # In mariadb e.g. on Ubuntu socket plugin is used for authentication
     # as root so it works only as sudo. To restore old "mysql like" behaviour,
     # we need to change auth plugin for root user
-    if is_ubuntu && [[ "$DISTRO" != "bullseye" ]] && [ "$MYSQL_SERVICE_NAME" == "mariadb" ]; then
+    # TODO(frickler): simplify this logic
+    if is_ubuntu && [[ ! "$DISTRO" =~ bookworm|bullseye ]] && [ "$MYSQL_SERVICE_NAME" == "mariadb" ]; then
         if [[ "$DISTRO" == "jammy" ]]; then
             # For Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy) we follow the model outlined in
             # https://mariadb.org/authentication-in-mariadb-10-4/
diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index c8f7c9d79e..0434001b7a 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ write_devstack_version
 
 # Warn users who aren't on an explicitly supported distro, but allow them to
 # override check and attempt installation with ``FORCE=yes ./stack``
-SUPPORTED_DISTROS="bullseye|focal|jammy|rhel8|rhel9|openEuler-22.03"
+SUPPORTED_DISTROS="bookworm|bullseye|focal|jammy|rhel8|rhel9|openEuler-22.03"
 
 if [[ ! ${DISTRO} =~ $SUPPORTED_DISTROS ]]; then
     echo "WARNING: this script has not been tested on $DISTRO"