diff --git a/dockerfiles/bionic.docker b/dockerfiles/bionic.docker
index 658fb56662543173c100c4244c1be346dd45ffbb..ea4d1eb41db4b650e69518f42c5e33b2956ce409 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/bionic.docker
+++ b/dockerfiles/bionic.docker
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y subversion && \
     apt-get install -y vim-common && \
     apt-get install -y netcat-openbsd && \
+    apt-get install -y libarmadillo-dev && \
+    apt-get install -y libjsoncpp-dev && \
     useradd -u 30996 msk_jenkins && \
     ln -sfn /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libzmq.so.5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libzmq.so.3 && \
     pip3 install meson
diff --git a/dockerfiles/xenial.docker b/dockerfiles/xenial.docker
index d67a00bbe525e37890d3a8d997e5ace279814b10..1d6220120dc05cd131c2277d9daf831cacb829ed 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/xenial.docker
+++ b/dockerfiles/xenial.docker
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y subversion && \
     apt-get install -y vim-common && \
     apt-get install -y netcat-openbsd && \
+    apt-get install -y libarmadillo-dev && \
+    apt-get install -y libjsoncpp-dev && \
     useradd -u 30996 msk_jenkins && \
     ln -sfn /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libzmq.so.5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libzmq.so.3 && \
     pip3 install meson