diff --git a/tests/Dockerfile b/tests/Dockerfile
index bae76a8b..cce7a87e 100644
--- a/tests/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/Dockerfile
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@ FROM mendersoftware/mender-test-containers:acceptance-testing
 
 # FIXME: The old and deprecated version of msgpack is a dependency of bravado (unused)
 RUN pip uninstall -y msgpack && pip install msgpack==1.0.3
+
+# install additional packages
+COPY requirements.txt /requirements.txt
+RUN pip install -r /requirements.txt