diff --git a/virtualization/Docker/scripts/tellstick b/virtualization/Docker/scripts/tellstick
index c9658d14029..d35e1cac2db 100755
--- a/virtualization/Docker/scripts/tellstick
+++ b/virtualization/Docker/scripts/tellstick
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -e
 
 PACKAGES=(
   # homeassistant.components.tellstick
-  libtelldus-core2
+  libtelldus-core2 socat
 )
 
 # Add Tellstick repository