diff --git a/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-compute/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-compute/Dockerfile.j2
index b60a539340..eacc993908 100644
--- a/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-compute/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-compute/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ MAINTAINER {{ maintainer }}
     {% elif base_distro in ['ubuntu', 'debian'] %}
         {% set ceilometer_compute_packages = [
             'ceilometer-agent-compute',
-            'python-ceilometerclient'
+            'python-ceilometerclient',
+            'python-libvirt'
          ] %}
     {% endif %}