diff --git a/Xeon/ubuntu-18.04/analytics/dev/Dockerfile b/Xeon/ubuntu-18.04/analytics/dev/Dockerfile
index e70f30cea..138910d0c 100644
--- a/Xeon/ubuntu-18.04/analytics/dev/Dockerfile
+++ b/Xeon/ubuntu-18.04/analytics/dev/Dockerfile
@@ -533,6 +533,7 @@ ARG PYTHON_TRUSTED_INDEX_URL
 
 #installing dependency libs to mo_libs directory to avoid issues with updates to Python version
 RUN apt-get install -y python3-dev
+RUN pip3 install wheel
 RUN cd openvino/model-optimizer && \
 if [ "x$PYTHON_TRUSTED_HOST" = "x" ] ; \
 then pip3 install --target=/home/build/mo_libs -r requirements.txt && \
diff --git a/XeonE3/ubuntu-18.04/analytics/dev/Dockerfile b/XeonE3/ubuntu-18.04/analytics/dev/Dockerfile
index 2710ff9d6..fad17a026 100644
--- a/XeonE3/ubuntu-18.04/analytics/dev/Dockerfile
+++ b/XeonE3/ubuntu-18.04/analytics/dev/Dockerfile
@@ -674,6 +674,7 @@ ARG PYTHON_TRUSTED_INDEX_URL
 
 #installing dependency libs to mo_libs directory to avoid issues with updates to Python version
 RUN apt-get install -y python3-dev
+RUN pip3 install wheel
 RUN cd openvino/model-optimizer && \
 if [ "x$PYTHON_TRUSTED_HOST" = "x" ] ; \
 then pip3 install --target=/home/build/mo_libs -r requirements.txt && \
diff --git a/template/dldt-ie.m4 b/template/dldt-ie.m4
index 6036b81e0..caacf14ed 100644
--- a/template/dldt-ie.m4
+++ b/template/dldt-ie.m4
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ ARG PYTHON_TRUSTED_INDEX_URL
 #installing dependency libs to mo_libs directory to avoid issues with updates to Python version
 ifelse(index(DOCKER_IMAGE,centos),-1,
 ifelse(index(DOCKER_IMAGE,1804),-1,,dnl
-RUN apt-get install -y python3-dev)
+RUN apt-get install -y python3-dev
+RUN pip3 install wheel)
 ,dnl
 RUN yum install -y python3-devel
 )dnl