diff --git a/.config/emacs/init.el b/.config/emacs/init.el
index f117c4f..a473399 100644
--- a/.config/emacs/init.el
+++ b/.config/emacs/init.el
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@
   (flymake-show-diagnostics-at-end-of-line t)
   )
 
+; Note: debugging Python in a virtualenv requires debugpy to be installed inside the venv
+(use-package dape)
+
 ; Requires poetry to be installed
 (use-package poetry)
 
diff --git a/.config/setup/01-install-packages.sh b/.config/setup/01-install-packages.sh
index 1778c0e..6327fd7 100755
--- a/.config/setup/01-install-packages.sh
+++ b/.config/setup/01-install-packages.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ DEB_PKGS=(
     fluid-soundfont-gm
     foot
     fuzzel
+    gdb
     gnumeric
     graphviz
     grim
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ DEB_PKGS=(
     postfix
     pre-commit
     pulseaudio-utils
+    python3-debugpy
     python3-poetry
     qtwayland5
     rclone