diff --git a/base-10/Dockerfile b/base-10/Dockerfile
index c5523e819152e14e8ff0e4ef58e73024ae1572d8..dba4292a2eead38dc335b58ec7e050d73cbb7dab 100644
--- a/base-10/Dockerfile
+++ b/base-10/Dockerfile
@@ -40,9 +40,12 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade --no-install-recommends --yes \
   openssh-client \
   pkg-config \
   python-dev \
+  python-mpi4py \
   python-numpy \
   python-vtk6 \
   python3 \
+  python3-dev \
+  python3-mpi4py \
   python3-numpy \
   && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 RUN adduser --disabled-password --home /duneci --uid 50000 duneci
diff --git a/base-16.04/Dockerfile b/base-16.04/Dockerfile
index bc2476dc2d98b6165dba5f9a1744003bb28a2dd8..d9acb2fd92ee0f7d531ba4e0089f2be6da2bd378 100644
--- a/base-16.04/Dockerfile
+++ b/base-16.04/Dockerfile
@@ -38,8 +38,11 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade --no-install-recommends --yes \
   pkg-config \
   python-dev \
   python-numpy \
+  python-mpi4py \
   python-vtk6 \
   python3 \
+  python3-dev \
+  python3-mpi4py \
   python3-numpy \
   && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 RUN adduser --disabled-password --home /duneci --uid 50000 duneci
diff --git a/base-16.10/Dockerfile b/base-16.10/Dockerfile
index e5a41d13e24d17760d611614ca74cc1e6b5e04f4..fb367dbd3fb86a825e8829b8ac384a52018dd890 100644
--- a/base-16.10/Dockerfile
+++ b/base-16.10/Dockerfile
@@ -37,9 +37,12 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade --no-install-recommends --yes \
   openssh-client \
   pkg-config \
   python-dev \
+  python-mpi4py \
   python-numpy \
   python-vtk6 \
   python3 \
+  python3-dev \
+  python3-mpi4py \
   python3-numpy \
   && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 RUN adduser --disabled-password --home /duneci --uid 50000 duneci
diff --git a/base-8/Dockerfile b/base-8/Dockerfile
index ac8357aaa1da00c73309a09efde5d90afc30586d..0bfddba628a9bb3992e138b05e3e8e2004ce9311 100644
--- a/base-8/Dockerfile
+++ b/base-8/Dockerfile
@@ -37,9 +37,12 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade --no-install-recommends --yes \
   openssh-client \
   pkg-config \
   python-dev \
+  python-mpi4py \
   python-numpy \
   python-vtk6 \
   python3 \
+  python3-dev \
+  python3-mpi4py \
   python3-numpy \
   && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 RUN adduser --disabled-password --home /duneci --uid 50000 duneci
diff --git a/base-9/Dockerfile b/base-9/Dockerfile
index d14a3078849979dc183f3d6b82f4107f73a86b50..e8bd723e0076f87866514c4635f2bb33adb8a4cf 100644
--- a/base-9/Dockerfile
+++ b/base-9/Dockerfile
@@ -37,9 +37,12 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade --no-install-recommends --yes \
   openssh-client \
   pkg-config \
   python-dev \
+  python-mpi4py \
   python-numpy \
   python-vtk6 \
   python3 \
+  python3-dev \
+  python3-mpi4py \
   python3-numpy \
   && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 RUN adduser --disabled-password --home /duneci --uid 50000 duneci