diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 855154e838b7b1091a9cdb32c59b887030b6bb43..5aa298270d3e45ec4d30174c1f9061d9afd18f4d 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         ninja-build \
         petsc-dev \
         python3 python3-pip \
-        python3-h5py
+        python3-h5py \
+        gdb
 
 RUN pip3 install \
         mypy==0.790 \