diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.user b/docker/Dockerfile.user
index bcd067637..59fd3e0b3 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.user
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.user
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     build-essential git curl libglib2.0-0 libegl1-mesa-dev ffmpeg \
     libusb-1.0-0-dev speech-dispatcher libgeos-dev portaudio19-dev \
+    cmake pkg-config ninja-build \
     && curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh \
     && mv /root/.local/bin/uv /usr/local/bin/uv \
     && useradd --create-home --shell /bin/bash user_lerobot \