diff --git a/docker-compose/lofar-device-base/Dockerfile b/docker-compose/lofar-device-base/Dockerfile
index 4bef1ebc469e4d6b3a5c4317ac420444033840ca..cd6b59511f7e0a3e515ab282775edeadec6b9aaf 100644
--- a/docker-compose/lofar-device-base/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker-compose/lofar-device-base/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 FROM nexus.engageska-portugal.pt/ska-docker/tango-itango:latest
 
-RUN pip3 install "opcua >= 0.98.9" astropy 
+COPY lofar-requirements.txt /lofar-requirements.txt
+RUN pip3 install -r /lofar-requirements.txt
diff --git a/docker-compose/lofar-device-base/lofar-requirements.txt b/docker-compose/lofar-device-base/lofar-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..90d21efe0e5ac0601204d4f05ce7efcd16dca2de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/lofar-device-base/lofar-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+opcua >= 0.98.9
+astropy