diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile b/.docker/Dockerfile
index 4eb65d6d2c911223cf7e6f45fbb64a89104e6518..f8b29b0952aaf39e60b5b5ccec4b31cd3421685d 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM debian:latest
 RUN apt-get update && \
-	 apt-get install docker.io tox curl python3-pip git  -y
+	 apt-get install docker.io tox curl python3-pip git nosetests  -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 && \