diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile_ubuntu_18.04 b/docker/Dockerfile_ubuntu_18.04
index 309a6218da3605e7fb5563374580c20c171ec68c..0b1ad37a1dd507698e7c2d4cc6ce0062f4bd32ac 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile_ubuntu_18.04
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile_ubuntu_18.04
@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends locales && \
     update-locale en_US.UTF-8 && \
     echo "export LC_ALL=$(locale -a | grep en_US)" >> /root/.bashrc && \
     echo "export LANG=$(locale -a | grep en_US)" >>  /root/.bashrc
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f0c0bd24f0a03d5f5d4fc50ecc260a9b3dacacb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cvxopt==1.2.0
+