diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index afe05884..5b65698a 100755
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
 
 COPY . ${INSTALL_DIR}/
 
+# Install gcc and other necessary build tools
+RUN apk update \
+    && apk add --no-cache build-base
+
 
 RUN pip install requests paho-mqtt scapy cron-converter pytz json2table dhcp-leases pyunifi speedtest-cli chardet python-nmap dnspython pycryptodome \
     && bash -c "find ${INSTALL_DIR} -type d -exec chmod 750 {} \;" \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.debian b/Dockerfile.debian
index b501cc00..76c3267f 100755
--- a/Dockerfile.debian
+++ b/Dockerfile.debian
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ COPY --chmod=775 --chown=${USER_ID}:${USER_GID} . ${INSTALL_DIR}/
 
 # ❗ IMPORTANT - if you modify this file modify the /install/install_dependecies.debian.sh file as well ❗ 
 
+# Install gcc and other necessary build tools
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y build-essential
+
 RUN apt-get install -y \
     tini snmp ca-certificates curl libwww-perl arp-scan perl apt-utils cron sudo \
     nginx-light php php-cgi php-fpm php-sqlite3 php-curl sqlite3 dnsutils net-tools \
diff --git a/install/install_dependencies.debian.sh b/install/install_dependencies.debian.sh
index 6c88a2c3..4b60a5f9 100755
--- a/install/install_dependencies.debian.sh
+++ b/install/install_dependencies.debian.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# Install gcc and other necessary build tools
+apt-get update  && apt-get install -y build-essential
+
 # Install dependencies
 apt-get install -y \
     tini snmp ca-certificates curl libwww-perl arp-scan perl apt-utils cron sudo \