The present investigation deals with the flow of a viscous fluid in an inclined deformable porous layer bounded by rigid plates. The lower and upper moving plates are maintained at constant different temperatures. A heat source of strength Q is introduced in the porous layer. The coupled phenomenon of the fluid movement and solid deformation in the porous layer has been considered. An exact solution of governing equations has been obtained in closed form. The expressions for the fluid velocity, solid displacement and temperature distribution are obtained. The influence of pertinent parameters on flow quantities is discussed. In the inclined deformable porous medium, it is observed that the fluid velocity and temperature decreases with increasing viscous drag δ. But the solid displacement increases with increasing viscous drag δ. A table of comparison is made for flux in the present work and that of flux observed by Nield et al. (Transp Porous Media 56:351–367, 2004) for viscous flow in a horizontal undeformable porous medium. One of the important observations is that the volume flow rate is less for deformable porous media when compared with undeformable (rigid) porous media. The present result coincides with the findings of Nield et al. (2004). The results obtained for the present flow characteristics reveal many interesting behaviors that warrant further study of viscous fluid flow in an inclined deformable porous media. © 2018, Foundation for Scientific Research and Technological Innovation.