diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker
index dc0e36ce48..cf753383a4 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/opensuse-leap.docker
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ RUN zypper update -y && \
            pcre-devel-static \
            pipewire-devel \
            pkgconfig \
+           python311 \
            python311-base \
            python311-pip \
            python311-setuptools \
diff --git a/tests/lcitool/mappings.yml b/tests/lcitool/mappings.yml
index 0b908882f1..407c03301b 100644
--- a/tests/lcitool/mappings.yml
+++ b/tests/lcitool/mappings.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ mappings:
     CentOSStream8:
     OpenSUSELeap15:
 
+  python3-sqlite3:
+    CentOSStream8: python38
+    OpenSUSELeap15: python311
+
   python3-tomli:
     # test using tomllib
     apk:
diff --git a/tests/lcitool/projects/qemu.yml b/tests/lcitool/projects/qemu.yml
index 82092c9f17..149b15de57 100644
--- a/tests/lcitool/projects/qemu.yml
+++ b/tests/lcitool/projects/qemu.yml
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ packages:
  - python3-pip
  - python3-sphinx
  - python3-sphinx-rtd-theme
+ - python3-sqlite3
  - python3-tomli
  - python3-venv
  - rpm2cpio