diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu b/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu
index b537062f..fc2c76eb 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ENV PATH ${HOME}/.local/bin:${PATH}
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get dist-upgrade -y && \
     apt-get install -y apt-utils autoconf autotools-dev bash-completion bison \
-        build-essential cmake curl git-core flex gnupg2 libnuma1 libopenmpi-dev \
+        build-essential cmake curl git-core flex gettext gnupg2 libnuma1 libopenmpi-dev \
         libpapi-dev libpfm4-dev librpm-dev libtool libudev1 lsb-release m4 \
         python3-pip rpm texinfo wget
 
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu.ci b/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu.ci
index c1304812..d263a730 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu.ci
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu.ci
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ENV CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH /usr/local:${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get dist-upgrade -y && \
     apt-get install -y autoconf autotools-dev bash-completion bison build-essential \
-        bzip2 cmake curl environment-modules flex git-core gnupg2 gzip libiberty-dev \
+        bzip2 cmake curl environment-modules flex gettext git-core gnupg2 gzip libiberty-dev \
         libpapi-dev libpfm4-dev libtool locales lsb-release m4 python3-pip texinfo \
         unzip wget zip zlib1g-dev && \
     apt-get autoclean