diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/clear-linux-os.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/clear-linux-os.sh
index d9583c2ece..a79a67e79f 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/clear-linux-os.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/clear-linux-os.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Install main dependencies
 swupd bundle-add -y c-basic make dev-utils openssl devpkg-libiscsi \
 	devpkg-ncurses python3-basic python-extras devpkg-open-iscsi \
-	jq storage-utils
+	storage-utils
 # Additional dependencies for ISA-L used in compression
 swupd bundle-add -y dev-utils-dev
 # Additional dependencies for DPDK
diff --git a/test/common/config/pkgdep/swupd b/test/common/config/pkgdep/swupd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1d2a8a6b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/common/config/pkgdep/swupd
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package_manager=swupd
+
+upgrade() {
+	sudo "$package_manager" update -y
+}
+
+install() {
+	(($#)) || return 0
+
+	sudo "$package_manager" bundle-add -y "$@"
+}
+
+packages=(
+	jq
+)
+
+pre_install() {
+	if [[ $INTSALL_TSOCKS == true ]]; then
+		install tsocks || echo "Installation of the tsocks package failed, proxy may not be available"
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh b/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
index 8719919bd6..b2b3a8fc10 100755
--- a/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
+++ b/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ elif hash pacman &> /dev/null; then
 	source "$vmsetupdir/pkgdep/pacman"
 elif hash pkg &> /dev/null; then
 	source "$vmsetupdir/pkgdep/pkg"
+elif hash swupd &> /dev/null; then
+	source "$vmsetupdir/pkgdep/swupd"
 else
 	package_manager="undefined"
 fi