diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 58a8c11f51..a4b3b63d6b 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -1106,6 +1106,7 @@ def create_dockerfile_buildbase(ddir, dockerfile_name, argmap):
             wget \\
             zlib1g-dev \\
             libarchive-dev \\
+            libevent-dev \\
             libxml2-dev \\
             libnuma-dev \\
             wget \\