diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.ci_cpu b/docker/Dockerfile.ci_cpu
index bc6c0f116c1e..b1d8465e889e 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.ci_cpu
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.ci_cpu
@@ -122,3 +122,7 @@ RUN bash /install/ubuntu_install_vela.sh
 
 # Update PATH
 ENV PATH /opt/arm/gcc-arm-none-eabi/bin:$PATH
+
+# PaddlePaddle deps
+COPY install/ubuntu_install_paddle.sh /install/ubuntu_install_paddle.sh
+RUN bash /install/ubuntu_install_paddle.sh
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.ci_gpu b/docker/Dockerfile.ci_gpu
index a76cf4664f47..1eb13eaf14df 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.ci_gpu
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.ci_gpu
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ RUN bash /install/ubuntu_install_dgl.sh
 COPY install/ubuntu_install_vulkan.sh /install/ubuntu_install_vulkan.sh
 RUN bash /install/ubuntu_install_vulkan.sh
 
+COPY install/ubuntu_install_paddle.sh /install/ubuntu_install_paddle.sh
+RUN bash /install/ubuntu_install_paddle.sh
+
 # Rust env (build early; takes a while)
 COPY install/ubuntu_install_rust.sh /install/ubuntu_install_rust.sh
 RUN bash /install/ubuntu_install_rust.sh
diff --git a/docker/install/ubuntu_install_paddle.sh b/docker/install/ubuntu_install_paddle.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..267d59105c06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/install/ubuntu_install_paddle.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+set -e
+set -u
+set -o pipefail
+
+pip install paddlepaddle==2.1.2