diff --git a/projects/poppler/Dockerfile b/projects/poppler/Dockerfile
index 80ebf78e4..86b099c40 100644
--- a/projects/poppler/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/poppler/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
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 FROM gcr.io/oss-fuzz-base/base-builder
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y wget autoconf automake libtool pkg-config gperf
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y wget autoconf automake libtool pkg-config gperf python
 RUN pip3 install meson ninja gyp-next
 
 RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/madler/zlib.git