diff --git a/containers/debian/Dockerfile b/containers/debian/Dockerfile
index 12ef906223eb6b7b1641b43a837a89e483b9fea8..a68b8938fd324e0896bbceec0d509df063316a46 100644
--- a/containers/debian/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/debian/Dockerfile
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt                            \
         gv                                                              \
         poppler-utils                                                   \
         parallel                                                        \
+        bc                                                              \
         time                                                            \
         valgrind                                                        \
         libyaml-cpp-dev                                                 \