diff --git a/makefiles/docker/alpine/python.Dockerfile b/makefiles/docker/alpine/python.Dockerfile
index a841603126..b96788d698 100644
--- a/makefiles/docker/alpine/python.Dockerfile
+++ b/makefiles/docker/alpine/python.Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 FROM ortools/make:alpine_swig AS env
 ENV PATH=/root/.local/bin:$PATH
 RUN apk add --no-cache python3-dev py3-pip py3-wheel \
- py3-numpy py3-pandas py3-matplotlib
+ py3-numpy py3-pandas py3-matplotlib py3-scipy
+RUN rm -f /usr/lib/python3.*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED \
+&& python3 -m pip install absl-py mypy-protobuf
 
 FROM env AS devel
 WORKDIR /home/project