diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 6b69d56c451902e61721ec1b3a03bb89ea948ffb..c343b6b68d8ec74c1d4894d6d7a9c8098711cc89 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM python:3.11-slim
 
 RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get install -y gcc
+RUN apt-get install -y gcc libffi-dev
 
 ## make a local directory
 RUN mkdir /app