diff --git a/docker/gerrit/base/Dockerfile b/docker/gerrit/base/Dockerfile
index cfbc53963e..c029388944 100644
--- a/docker/gerrit/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/gerrit/base/Dockerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RUN assemble
 FROM docker.io/library/openjdk:8
 
 RUN apt-get update \
-  && apt-get install -y dumb-init python3-launchpadlib \
+  && apt-get install -y dumb-init python3-launchpadlib python3-distutils \
   && apt-get clean \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
   && curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py > /tmp/get-pip.py \