diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9e9019a..54ec341 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,9 +12,12 @@ RUN \
   echo "deb http://download.rethinkdb.com/apt `lsb_release -cs` main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rethinkdb.list && \
   wget -O- http://download.rethinkdb.com/apt/pubkey.gpg | apt-key add - && \
   apt-get update && \
-  apt-get install -y rethinkdb && \
+  apt-get install -y rethinkdb python-pip && \
   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Install python driver for rethinkdb
+RUN pip install rethinkdb
+
 # Define mountable directories.
 VOLUME ["/data"]