diff --git a/install_python_deps.sh b/install_python_deps.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..95864e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install_python_deps.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+PACKAGES=(
+    async-timeout
+    attrs
+    Deprecated
+    iniconfig
+    packaging
+    pluggy
+    py
+    pyparsing
+    pytest
+    redis
+    tomli
+    wrapt
+    pytest-asyncio
+    pytest-repeat
+    pytest-emoji
+    pytest-icdiff
+    pytest-timeout
+    pymemcache
+    meta_memcache
+    prometheus_client
+    aiohttp
+    numpy
+    pytest-json-report
+    psutil
+    boto3
+    asyncio
+    hiredis
+    PyYAML
+    testcontainers
+    valkey
+)
+
+# Try installing without --break-system-packages first
+if ! pip install "${PACKAGES[@]}" 2>/dev/null; then
+    echo "Standard pip install failed, retrying with --break-system-packages..."
+    pip install --break-system-packages "${PACKAGES[@]}"
+fi
diff --git a/u20.04-dev.Dockerfile b/u20.04-dev.Dockerfile
index 6987711..b1180dd 100644
--- a/u20.04-dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/u20.04-dev.Dockerfile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/romange/container-foun
 COPY ./get_mold.sh /tmp/
 COPY ./get_openssl.sh /tmp/
 COPY ./install_versioned_redis.sh /tmp/
+COPY ./install_python_deps.sh /tmp/
 
 # To avoid tzdata reconfigure
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ RUN /tmp/install_versioned_redis.sh redis-server redis-server-6.2.11 https://git
 RUN /tmp/install_versioned_redis.sh redis-server redis-server-7.2.2 https://github.com/redis/redis/archive/7.2.2.tar.gz
 RUN /tmp/install_versioned_redis.sh valkey-server valkey-server-8.0.1 https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/archive/refs/tags/8.0.1.tar.gz
 
-RUN /tmp/get_openssl.sh
+RUN /tmp/get_openssl.sh && /tmp/install_python_deps.sh
 
 # Set OpenSSL path for CMake
 ENV CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local/ssl