diff --git a/tools/docker/scripts/install_formatting.sh b/tools/docker/scripts/install_formatting.sh
index 00f88ba12e..9ec1859a44 100755
--- a/tools/docker/scripts/install_formatting.sh
+++ b/tools/docker/scripts/install_formatting.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@
 apt-get update -qq
 apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends \
     libfindbin-libs-perl                    \
+    build-essential                         \
     make                                    \
     perl                                    \
     python                                  \
-    python3-{pip,setuptools,wheel}
+    python3-{pip,setuptools,wheel,dev}
 
 rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
@@ -19,3 +20,5 @@ pip3 install pre-commit
 # register the pre-commit hooks
 cd /workspace/cp2k
 pre-commit install --install-hooks
+
+#EOF