diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 291ae291..c0378f21 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
-FROM python:3-alpine
+FROM python:3.7-alpine as base
+FROM base as builder
+
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip && pip install --install-option="--prefix=/deps" -r requirements.txt
+
+FROM base
+
 LABEL com.abhinavsingh.name="abhinavsingh/proxy.py" \
       com.abhinavsingh.description="⚡⚡⚡ Fast, Lightweight, Programmable Proxy Server in a single Python file" \
       com.abhinavsingh.url="https://github.com/abhinavsingh/proxy.py" \
       com.abhinavsingh.vcs-url="https://github.com/abhinavsingh/proxy.py" \
       com.abhinavsingh.docker.cmd="docker run -it --rm -p 8899:8899 abhinavsingh/proxy.py"
 
+COPY --from=builder /deps /usr/local
+COPY proxy.py /app/
 WORKDIR /app
-COPY requirements.txt .
-COPY proxy.py .
-
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip && pip install -r requirements.txt
-
 EXPOSE 8899/tcp
 ENTRYPOINT [ "./proxy.py" ]
 CMD [ "--hostname=0.0.0.0", \