diff --git a/Docker/Dockerfile b/Docker/Dockerfile
index 523e1bfa25c1d6607887df0c4ac2aa41e0e1e89e..24624138a3ec2cbb7c17b728cb7c67207aa8e7af 100644
--- a/Docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/Docker/Dockerfile
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
         libxml2 \
         python3 \
         python3-casacore \
-        python3-numpy
+        python3-numpy \
+        python3-scipy
 
 RUN mkdir /home/lofaruser/ && \ 
     groupadd -r lofaruser && \