diff --git a/docker-compose/lofar-device-base/lofar-requirements.txt b/docker-compose/lofar-device-base/lofar-requirements.txt
index 3a215b1d98d9324b11a0ba2765f19a5e6d85a3ff..10ad55d977c97793a352c13da323d84d3c826c0e 100644
--- a/docker-compose/lofar-device-base/lofar-requirements.txt
+++ b/docker-compose/lofar-device-base/lofar-requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 # Do not put tangostationcontrol dependencies here
 astropy
+
+# requirements to build tangocontrol 
+GitPython >= 3.1.24 # BSD