diff --git a/docker/app_server/Dockerfile b/docker/app_server/Dockerfile
index d0560ed..35eb551 100644
--- a/docker/app_server/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/app_server/Dockerfile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm
 COPY docker/app_server/requirements.txt ./ 
 
-RUN apt-get -yyy update && apt-get -yyy install software-properties-common postgresql-client openjdk-17-jdk
+RUN apt-get -yyy update && apt-get -yyy install gcc python3-dev software-properties-common postgresql-client openjdk-17-jdk
 
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 RUN pip install --extra-index-url=https://www.piwheels.org/simple -r requirements.txt