diff --git a/docker-compose/lofar-itango/Dockerfile b/docker-compose/lofar-itango/Dockerfile
index 9b3449b1cad030c8f02ca75fb788d42c7e242bc2..0a8e915fa4efc26cd329e9556614c38077c9bf9e 100644
--- a/docker-compose/lofar-itango/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker-compose/lofar-itango/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 ARG VERSION=latest
 FROM nexus.engageska-portugal.pt/ska-docker/tango-itango:${VERSION}
 
-RUN pip3 install "opcua >= 0.98.9" astropy
+RUN sudo apt-get -y update && \
+    sudo apt-get -y upgrade && \
+    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 && \
+    pip3 install "opcua >= 0.98.9" asyncua astropy
+