diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index c80e86a..7dc819b 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # defaults file for manage_pipx_packages
+manage_pipx_packages_install_prereqs: true
+manage_pipx_packages_list:
+  - name: pip
+    version_constraint: latest
+    state: present
diff --git a/meta/main.yml b/meta/main.yml
index 45f2772..16ffc5f 100644
--- a/meta/main.yml
+++ b/meta/main.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ galaxy_info:
   namespace: 'ednxzu'
   role_name: 'manage_pipx_packages'
   author: 'Bertrand Lanson'
-  description: ''
+  description: 'Package management for python using pipx on debian-based distros.'
   license: 'license (BSD, MIT)'
   min_ansible_version: '2.10'
   platforms:
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ galaxy_info:
     - name: Debian
       versions:
         - bullseye
+        - bookworm
   galaxy_tags:
     - 'ubuntu'
     - 'debian'
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index ecb7561..cd41bac 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
 ---
 # task/main file for manage_pipx_packages
+- name: "Import prerequisites.yml"
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: prerequisites.yml
+  when: manage_pip_packages_install_prereqs
+
+- name: "Install/remove required pip packages"
+  community.general.pipx:
+    name: "{{ item.name }}{% if item.version_constraint not in [None, '', 'latest'] %}{{ item.version_constraint }}{% endif %}"
+    state: "{{ item.state }}"
+  loop: "{{ manage_pip_packages_list }}"
+  when: manage_pip_packages_list is defined
+    and manage_pip_packages_list not in [None, '']
diff --git a/tasks/prerequisites.yml b/tasks/prerequisites.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55a3318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/prerequisites.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+# task/prerequisites file for manage_pipx_packages
+- name: "Install python3 and pipx"
+  ansible.builtin.include_role:
+    name: ednxzu.manage_apt_packages
+  vars:
+    manage_apt_packages_list: "{{ manage_pipx_packages_required_packages }}"
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 680926e..2db69be 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
 ---
 # vars file for manage_pipx_packages
+manage_pipx_packages_required_packages:
+  - name: python3
+    version: latest
+    state: present
+  - name: pipx
+    version: latest
+    state: present