diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c84e6162d04..92b85c29325 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="Paulus Schoutsen <Paulus@PaulusSchoutsen.nl>"
 #ENV INSTALL_FFMPEG no
 #ENV INSTALL_LIBCEC no
 #ENV INSTALL_SSOCR no
+#ENV INSTALL_DLIB no
 #ENV INSTALL_IPERF3 no
 
 VOLUME /config
diff --git a/virtualization/Docker/Dockerfile.dev b/virtualization/Docker/Dockerfile.dev
index 79072703031..3046fe51ba3 100644
--- a/virtualization/Docker/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/virtualization/Docker/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="Paulus Schoutsen <Paulus@PaulusSchoutsen.nl>"
 #ENV INSTALL_LIBCEC no
 #ENV INSTALL_COAP no
 #ENV INSTALL_SSOCR no
+#ENV INSTALL_DLIB no
 #ENV INSTALL_IPERF3 no
 
 VOLUME /config
diff --git a/virtualization/Docker/setup_docker_prereqs b/virtualization/Docker/setup_docker_prereqs
index 65acf92b855..713bbfffba4 100755
--- a/virtualization/Docker/setup_docker_prereqs
+++ b/virtualization/Docker/setup_docker_prereqs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ INSTALL_TELLSTICK="${INSTALL_TELLSTICK:-yes}"
 INSTALL_OPENALPR="${INSTALL_OPENALPR:-yes}"
 INSTALL_LIBCEC="${INSTALL_LIBCEC:-yes}"
 INSTALL_SSOCR="${INSTALL_SSOCR:-yes}"
+INSTALL_DLIB="${INSTALL_DLIB:-yes}"
 
 # Required debian packages for running hass or components
 PACKAGES=(
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ if [ "$INSTALL_SSOCR" == "yes" ]; then
   virtualization/Docker/scripts/ssocr
 fi
 
+if [ "$INSTALL_DLIB" == "yes" ]; then
+  pip3 install --no-cache-dir "dlib>=19.5"
+fi
+
 # Remove packages
 apt-get remove -y --purge ${PACKAGES_DEV[@]}
 apt-get -y --purge autoremove