diff --git a/docker-compose/itango/Dockerfile b/docker-compose/itango/Dockerfile
index 5aa452c36e1a0e0495dc7392822999307d529da6..e65207e53b720b11b03e8b82faad0c8987cd4be3 100644
--- a/docker-compose/itango/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker-compose/itango/Dockerfile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ RUN sudo apt-get -y update && \
     sudo apt-get -y install apt-file apt-transport-https apt-utils aptitude && \
     sudo aptitude -y install htop iftop iproute2 mc most net-tools tcpdump telnet tmux traceroute vim xterm && \
     sudo aptitude clean && \
-    sudo aptitude autoclean && \
-    sudo pip3 install "opcua >= 0.98.9" asyncua astropy
+    sudo aptitude autoclean
 
+COPY lofar-requirements.txt /lofar-requirements.txt
+RUN sudo pip3 install -r /lofar-requirements.txt
diff --git a/docker-compose/itango/lofar-requirements.txt b/docker-compose/itango/lofar-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..90d21efe0e5ac0601204d4f05ce7efcd16dca2de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/itango/lofar-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+opcua >= 0.98.9
+astropy