diff --git a/tools/alpine/packages b/tools/alpine/packages
index 3c1775e0f..11b07d819 100644
--- a/tools/alpine/packages
+++ b/tools/alpine/packages
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ openssl-dev
 patch
 pigz
 python3
+python3-dev
 py3-pip
 qemu-aarch64
 qemu-arm