diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/static_checks.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/static_checks.yml
index b01f6ec231..96dbd9e310 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/static_checks.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/static_checks.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ check-python-tox:
     - make -C python check-tox
   variables:
     GIT_DEPTH: 1
+    QEMU_TOX_EXTRA_ARGS: --skip-missing-interpreters=false
   needs:
     job: python-container
   allow_failure: true
diff --git a/python/Makefile b/python/Makefile
index ac46ae33e7..fe27a3e12e 100644
--- a/python/Makefile
+++ b/python/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 QEMU_VENV_DIR=.dev-venv
+QEMU_TOX_EXTRA_ARGS ?=
 
 .PHONY: help
 help:
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ help:
 	@echo "    These tests use the newest dependencies."
 	@echo "    Requires: Python 3.6 - 3.10, and tox."
 	@echo "    Hint (Fedora): 'sudo dnf install python3-tox python3.10'"
+	@echo "    The variable QEMU_TOX_EXTRA_ARGS can be use to pass extra"
+	@echo "    arguments to tox".
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "make check-dev:"
 	@echo "    Run tests in a venv against your default python3 version."
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ check:
 
 .PHONY: check-tox
 check-tox:
-	@tox
+	@tox $(QEMU_TOX_EXTRA_ARGS)
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
diff --git a/python/setup.cfg b/python/setup.cfg
index 11f71d5312..14bab90288 100644
--- a/python/setup.cfg
+++ b/python/setup.cfg
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ multi_line_output=3
 
 [tox:tox]
 envlist = py36, py37, py38, py39, py310
+skip_missing_interpreters = true
 
 [testenv]
 allowlist_externals = make