diff --git a/Dockerfile.tmpl b/Dockerfile.tmpl
index 61b3fbba..714d73a4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.tmpl
+++ b/Dockerfile.tmpl
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ RUN pip install pysal \
         seaborn python-dateutil dask python-igraph \
         pyyaml joblib husl geopy mne pyshp \
         pandas \
+        polars \
         flax && \
     # Install h2o from source.
     # Use `conda install -c h2oai h2o` once Python 3.7 version is released to conda.
diff --git a/tests/test_polars.py b/tests/test_polars.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c81a0b80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_polars.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import unittest
+
+import polars as pl
+
+class TestPolars(unittest.TestCase):    
+    def test_read_csv(self):
+        data = pl.read_csv("/input/tests/data/train.csv")
+
+        self.assertEqual(100, len(data))
+