diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile b/.docker/Dockerfile
index af61fa9bb961eff9647373076326db5b612212d4..3f4ffd93ea4bd835253baf3c59936908d1ba2ba0 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 FROM debian:latest
 RUN apt-get update && \
-	apt-get install docker.io tox curl python3-pip -y
+	apt-get install docker.io tox curl python3-pip git  -y
 RUN pip3 install docker-compose
 COPY .docker/wait-for-it.sh /wait-for-it.sh
+RUN git clone https://gitlab.gwdg.de/bmp-caosdb/caosdb-pylib.git && \
+   cd caosdb-pylib && pip3 install .
 COPY . /git
 RUN rm -r /git/.git
 WORKDIR /git