diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 63aceab6..fe5daa66 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM python:3-slim-bullseye AS base
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install curl -y && apt-get install g++ libpq-dev gcc -y
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install curl -y && apt-get install g++ libpq-dev gcc python3-dev -y
 
 ADD https://github.com/ufoscout/docker-compose-wait/releases/download/2.12.1/wait /wait
 RUN chmod +x /wait
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile.cloud b/backend/Dockerfile.cloud
index 3703a943..4732b603 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile.cloud
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile.cloud
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # docker build -t police-data-trust-backend-dev -f backend/Dockerfile.cloud .
 FROM python:3-slim-bullseye
 
+# required for pandas
+RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install gcc g++ python3-dev -y
+
 WORKDIR /app/
 
 ARG PDT_API_PORT=5000