diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a22865973754..cc1f0fc77bbd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ RUN mkdir /opt/deschashplugin && cd /opt/deschashplugin \
 FROM debian:buster-slim as builder
 
 ENV LIGHTNINGD_VERSION=master
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates autoconf automake build-essential git libtool python3 python3-mako wget gnupg dirmngr git gettext
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates autoconf automake build-essential git libtool python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-mako wget gnupg dirmngr git gettext
 
 RUN wget -q https://zlib.net/zlib-1.2.11.tar.gz \
 && tar xvf zlib-1.2.11.tar.gz \
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ RUN git clone --recursive /tmp/lightning . && \
 
 ARG DEVELOPER=0
 ENV PYTHON_VERSION=3
+RUN pip3 install mrkd
 RUN ./configure --prefix=/tmp/lightning_install --enable-static && make -j3 DEVELOPER=${DEVELOPER} && make install
 
 
diff --git a/contrib/linuxarm32v7.Dockerfile b/contrib/linuxarm32v7.Dockerfile
index 88a87ec7f303..018b3b52b45c 100644
--- a/contrib/linuxarm32v7.Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/linuxarm32v7.Dockerfile
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ RUN mkdir /opt/deschashplugin && cd /opt/deschashplugin \
 FROM debian:buster-slim as builder
 
 ENV LIGHTNINGD_VERSION=master
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates autoconf automake build-essential gettext git libtool python3 python3-mako wget gnupg dirmngr git \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates autoconf automake build-essential gettext git libtool python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-mako wget gnupg dirmngr git \
   libc6-armhf-cross gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf
 
 ENV target_host=arm-linux-gnueabihf
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ RUN git clone --recursive /tmp/lightning . && \
 
 ARG DEVELOPER=0
 ENV PYTHON_VERSION=3
+RUN pip3 install mrkd
 RUN ./configure --prefix=/tmp/lightning_install --enable-static && make -j3 DEVELOPER=${DEVELOPER} && make install
 
 FROM arm32v7/debian:buster-slim as final
diff --git a/contrib/linuxarm64v8.Dockerfile b/contrib/linuxarm64v8.Dockerfile
index bd2b11c20559..7698106333ad 100644
--- a/contrib/linuxarm64v8.Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/linuxarm64v8.Dockerfile
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ RUN mkdir /opt/deschashplugin && cd /opt/deschashplugin \
 FROM debian:buster-slim as builder
 
 ENV LIGHTNINGD_VERSION=master
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates autoconf automake build-essential gettext git libtool python3 python3-mako wget gnupg dirmngr git \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates autoconf automake build-essential gettext git libtool python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-mako wget gnupg dirmngr git \
   libc6-arm64-cross gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu g++-aarch64-linux-gnu
 
 ENV target_host=aarch64-linux-gnu
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ RUN git clone --recursive /tmp/lightning . && \
 
 ARG DEVELOPER=0
 ENV PYTHON_VERSION=3
+RUN pip3 install mrkd
 RUN ./configure --prefix=/tmp/lightning_install --enable-static && make -j3 DEVELOPER=${DEVELOPER} && make install
 
 FROM arm64v8/debian:buster-slim as final