diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 515c7b6..df7d29e 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ FROM python:3.7-slim-stretch
 
 WORKDIR /code
 COPY * /code/
+RUN RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    libevent-dev \
+    python-all-dev
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 EXPOSE 5001