diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c6fb439..afd65ab 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 # Set up the app
 RUN set -x && \
+  apt-get update && \
   # Install required distro packages
   apt-get -y install nginx-light && \
-  apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install python3 python3-setuptools python3-pip python3-dev gcc make && \
+  apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install python3 python3-setuptools python3-pip python3-dev gcc make default-libmysqlclient-dev && \
   # Install pipenv
   pip3 --disable-pip-version-check install pipenv && \
   # Create a 'app' user which the application will run as
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ RUN set -x && \
   rm /app/Pipfile.lock && \
   pipenv --clear && \
   pip3 --disable-pip-version-check uninstall -y pipenv wheel virtualenv && \
-  apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pip python3-dev gcc make && \
+  apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pip python3-dev gcc make default-libmysqlclient-dev && \
   apt-get -y autoremove && \
   apt-get -y autoclean && \
   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \