diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fd71cbb7f..0fb4e046d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ FROM python:3.7.4-stretch
 
 WORKDIR /home/user
 
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl git pkg-config cmake
+
 # copy code
 COPY haystack /home/user/haystack
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile-GPU b/Dockerfile-GPU
index 7a8382622..2a3e6ee3b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-GPU
+++ b/Dockerfile-GPU
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ FROM  nvidia/cuda:10.1-runtime
 
 WORKDIR /home/user
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3.7 python3.7-dev python3.7-distutils python3-pip curl git
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3.7 python3.7-dev python3.7-distutils python3-pip curl git pkg-config cmake
 
 ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 ENV LANG=C.UTF-8