diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.finn_dev b/docker/Dockerfile.finn_dev
index 4c8557b53b05bea67c96ad9edf523d532640ebfe..6e100a8792bee7b766caed107a4171e39bb4576d 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.finn_dev
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.finn_dev
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ USER $UNAME
 # cloning dependency repos (as user)
 # finn-base
 RUN git clone https://github.com/Xilinx/finn-base.git /workspace/finn-base
+# finn-experimental
+RUN git clone https://github.com/Xilinx/finn-experimental.git /workspace/finn-experimental
 # Brevitas
 RUN git clone https://github.com/Xilinx/brevitas.git /workspace/brevitas
 # CNPY
diff --git a/docker/finn_entrypoint.sh b/docker/finn_entrypoint.sh
index bd2338305ef24d98f582d09a140175a243c62c7e..225bf6fe367663d3355f4693091be43ef7efd753 100644
--- a/docker/finn_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/finn_entrypoint.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ gecho () {
 # checkout the correct dependency repo commits
 # the repos themselves are cloned in the Dockerfile
 FINN_BASE_COMMIT=8908c6a3f6674c4fa790954bd41c23ee5bf053df
+FINN_EXP_COMMIT=6e64238bc13c493f4454893c635b4c13ed59e158
 BREVITAS_COMMIT=aff49758ec445d77c75721c7de3091a2a1797ca8
 CNPY_COMMIT=4e8810b1a8637695171ed346ce68f6984e585ef4
 HLSLIB_COMMIT=2e49322d1bbc4969ca293843bda1f3f9c05456fc
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ gecho "finn-base @ $FINN_BASE_COMMIT"
 git -C /workspace/finn-base pull --quiet
 git -C /workspace/finn-base checkout $FINN_BASE_COMMIT --quiet
 pip install --user -e /workspace/finn-base
+# finn-experimental
+gecho "finn-experimental @ $FINN_EXP_COMMIT"
+git -C /workspace/finn-experimental pull --quiet
+git -C /workspace/finn-experimental checkout $FINN_EXP_COMMIT --quiet
+pip install --user -e /workspace/finn-experimental
 # Brevitas
 gecho "brevitas @ $BREVITAS_COMMIT"
 git -C /workspace/brevitas pull --quiet