diff --git a/contrib/ci-workers/vars/Debian.yml b/contrib/ci-workers/vars/Debian.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..992224721
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+++ b/contrib/ci-workers/vars/Debian.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+build_deps:
+  - build-essential # Depends on g++, libc6-dev, make
+dist_deps:
+  - pkg-config # Required until b556beda264308e040f8d88aca4f2f386a0183d9 is pulled in
+  - python-dev
diff --git a/contrib/ci-workers/vars/Fedora.yml b/contrib/ci-workers/vars/Fedora.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c6b0e0f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/ci-workers/vars/Fedora.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+build_deps:
+  - gcc
+  - gcc-c++
+  - make
+  - patch
+dist_deps:
+  - pkgconfig # Required until b556beda264308e040f8d88aca4f2f386a0183d9 is pulled in
+  - python-devel
+  - redhat-rpm-config
diff --git a/contrib/ci-workers/vars/Ubuntu.yml b/contrib/ci-workers/vars/Ubuntu.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4acca499b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/ci-workers/vars/Ubuntu.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+build_deps:
+  - build-essential # Depends on g++, libc6-dev, make
+dist_deps:
+  - pkg-config # Required until b556beda264308e040f8d88aca4f2f386a0183d9 is pulled in