diff --git a/.github/workflows/spacktainer.yaml b/.github/workflows/spacktainer.yaml
index e438357..0aa0e99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spacktainer.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spacktainer.yaml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ jobs:
           # - multiscale-run
           - neurodamus-hippocampus
           - neurodamus-neocortex
+          - neurodamus-thalamus
           - system-benchmarks
     runs-on:
       - codebuild-spacktainers-tf-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
@@ -94,6 +95,9 @@ jobs:
           # Triggers building the 'builder' image, otherwise it is optimized away
           COPY --from=builder /etc/debian_version /etc/debian_version
           EOF
+          if [[ -f Dockerfile.epilogue ]]; then
+          cat Dockerfile.epilogue >> Dockerfile
+          fi
       - name: build ${{ matrix.spacktainer }}
         uses: ./.github/actions/build_container
         with:
diff --git a/container_definitions/amd64/neurodamus-hippocampus/Dockerfile.epilogue b/container_definitions/amd64/neurodamus-hippocampus/Dockerfile.epilogue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a5ff9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container_definitions/amd64/neurodamus-hippocampus/Dockerfile.epilogue
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y gcc g++ make \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/container_definitions/amd64/neurodamus-neocortex/Dockerfile.epilogue b/container_definitions/amd64/neurodamus-neocortex/Dockerfile.epilogue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a5ff9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container_definitions/amd64/neurodamus-neocortex/Dockerfile.epilogue
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y gcc g++ make \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/container_definitions/amd64/neurodamus-thalamus/Dockerfile.epilogue b/container_definitions/amd64/neurodamus-thalamus/Dockerfile.epilogue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a5ff9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container_definitions/amd64/neurodamus-thalamus/Dockerfile.epilogue
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y gcc g++ make \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*