diff --git a/src/Service/Addon/Addon.php b/src/Service/Addon/Addon.php
index f6de695c2b..efbb480916 100644
--- a/src/Service/Addon/Addon.php
+++ b/src/Service/Addon/Addon.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace Friendica\Service\Addon;
 
 /**
- * Interface to community with an addon.
+ * Interface to communicate with an addon.
  */
 interface Addon
 {
diff --git a/src/Service/Addon/AddonManager.php b/src/Service/Addon/AddonManager.php
index c2e4e7ae68..5988e5e8be 100644
--- a/src/Service/Addon/AddonManager.php
+++ b/src/Service/Addon/AddonManager.php
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ final class AddonManager
 		$dependencyRules = [];
 
 		foreach ($this->addons as $addon) {
+			// @TODO At this point we can handle duplicate rules and handle possible conflicts
 			$dependencyRules = array_merge($dependencyRules, $addon->getProvidedDependencyRules());
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/Service/Addon/LegacyAddonProxy.php b/src/Service/Addon/LegacyAddonProxy.php
index 3ece88d2ff..913eff6990 100644
--- a/src/Service/Addon/LegacyAddonProxy.php
+++ b/src/Service/Addon/LegacyAddonProxy.php
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ final class LegacyAddonProxy implements Addon
 
 	public function getProvidedDependencyRules(): array
 	{
+		$fileName = $this->path . '/' . $this->name . '/static/dependencies.config.php';
+
+		if (is_file($fileName)) {
+			return include_once($fileName);
+		}
+
 		return [];
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Service/Addon/LegacyAddonProxyTest.php b/tests/Unit/Service/Addon/LegacyAddonProxyTest.php
index 2daad4d7f3..00e74a01c7 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Service/Addon/LegacyAddonProxyTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Service/Addon/LegacyAddonProxyTest.php
@@ -37,14 +37,18 @@ class LegacyAddonProxyTest extends TestCase
 		);
 	}
 
-	public function testGetProvidedDependencyRulesReturnsEmptyArray(): void
+	public function testGetProvidedDependencyIncludesConfigFile(): void
 	{
-		$root = vfsStream::setup('addons', 0777, ['helloaddon' => []]);
+		$root = vfsStream::setup('addons_4', 0777, ['helloaddon' => ['static' => []]]);
+
+		vfsStream::newFile('dependencies.config.php')
+				->at($root->getChild('helloaddon/static'))
+				->setContent('<?php return [\'name\' => []];');
 
 		$addon = new LegacyAddonProxy('helloaddon', $root->url());
 
 		$this->assertSame(
-			[],
+			['name' => []],
 			$addon->getProvidedDependencyRules()
 		);
 	}
@@ -59,7 +63,6 @@ class LegacyAddonProxyTest extends TestCase
 			[],
 			$addon->getSubscribedEvents()
 		);
-
 	}
 
 	public function testInitAddonIncludesAddonFile(): void
diff --git a/tests/Util/helloaddon/static/dependencies.config.php b/tests/Util/helloaddon/static/dependencies.config.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca6d549d01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Util/helloaddon/static/dependencies.config.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 2010-2024, the Friendica project
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+return [
+	\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface::class => [
+        'instanceOf' => \Friendica\Core\Logger\Factory\Logger::class,
+        'call' => null,
+    ],
+];
+
+