diff --git a/Docker/lofar-ci/Dockerfile_ci_base b/Docker/lofar-ci/Dockerfile_ci_base
index 8c862f187ded0aa2ade214533ae7ebef9b9efa39..132ff1719a894e2b3d1068dce3f064b1df146610 100644
--- a/Docker/lofar-ci/Dockerfile_ci_base
+++ b/Docker/lofar-ci/Dockerfile_ci_base
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ RUN yum -y groupinstall 'Development Tools' && \
     yum -y install epel-release && \
     yum -y install cmake gcc git log4cplus-devel python3 python3-devel python3-pip which wget curl atop
 
-RUN pip3 install kombu requests coverage
+RUN pip3 install kombu requests coverage python-qpid-proton
 
 RUN adduser lofarsys