diff --git a/ci/docker/install/ubuntu_core.sh b/ci/docker/install/ubuntu_core.sh
index fc903e5c8899..3f8ffb726208 100755
--- a/ci/docker/install/ubuntu_core.sh
+++ b/ci/docker/install/ubuntu_core.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ apt-get install -y \
     libatlas-base-dev \
     libcurl4-openssl-dev \
     libjemalloc-dev \
+    libhdf5-dev \
     liblapack-dev \
     libopenblas-dev \
     libopencv-dev \