diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a3edde56..18e74c8b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y software-properties-common
 RUN add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa && apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
 RUN apt-get install -y vim python${python_version} python${python_version}-dev python${python_version}-distutils
-RUN apt-get install -y sudo git make curl
+RUN apt-get install -y sudo git make curl build-essential
 RUN curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python${python_version}
 RUN pip install virtualenv