diff --git a/test/Dockerfile b/test/Dockerfile
index b7619d43af0faaebc9da1197cd2c1bbd40fb48dd..68815f8465c00d3c0559bf3d682dce67a3daac83 100644
--- a/test/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/Dockerfile
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ RUN apk --no-cache add \
   chromium \
   chromium-chromedriver \
   curl \
+  # needed for installing pycurl python module
+  curl-dev \
   gcc \
   libffi-dev \
   make \