diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/install_os_dependencies.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/install_os_dependencies.sh
index 68ff079f1..0d0897191 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/install_os_dependencies.sh
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/install_os_dependencies.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ DISTRO_NAME=$(lsb_release -sc)
 OS_REQUIREMENTS_FILENAME="$WORK_DIR/requirements-$DISTRO_NAME.apt"
 
 
-if [ "$DISTRO_NAME" != "xenial" ] && [ "$DISTRO_NAME" != "trusty" ]; then
-  echo "Only the Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) and 16.04 (Xenial) is supported by this script";
-  echo "You can see requirements-trusty.apt or requirements-xenial.apt file to help search the equivalent package in your system";
+if [ "$DISTRO_NAME" != "xenial" ] && [ "$DISTRO_NAME" != "trusty" ] && [ "$DISTRO_NAME" != "jessie" ]; then
+  echo "Only the Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty), 16.04 (Xenial) and Debian 8.x (Jessie) is supported by this script";
+  echo "You can see requirements-trusty.apt, requirements-xenial.apt or requirements-jessie.apt file to help search the equivalent package in your system";
   exit 1;
 fi
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-jessie.apt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-jessie.apt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bee7d3c97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/utility/requirements-jessie.apt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+##basic build dependencies of various Django apps for Debian Jessie 8.x
+#build-essential metapackage install: make, gcc, g++,
+build-essential
+#required to translate
+gettext
+{% if cookiecutter.use_python2 == 'n' -%}
+python3-dev
+{% else %}
+python-dev
+{%- endif %}
+
+##shared dependencies of:
+##Pillow, pylibmc
+zlib1g-dev
+
+##Postgresql and psycopg2 dependencies
+libpq-dev
+
+##Pillow dependencies
+libtiff5-dev
+libjpeg62-turbo-dev
+libfreetype6-dev
+liblcms2-dev
+libwebp-dev
+
+##django-extensions
+graphviz-dev