diff --git a/benchmark/Dockerfile b/benchmark/Dockerfile
index 78705d000..9e3303953 100644
--- a/benchmark/Dockerfile
+++ b/benchmark/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM python:3.10-slim
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y less git
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y less git build-essential
 COPY requirements.txt /aider/requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 RUN pip install lox typer pandas matplotlib imgcat aider-chat