diff --git a/spark/Dockerfile b/spark/Dockerfile
index 19d08bc..f515697 100644
--- a/spark/Dockerfile
+++ b/spark/Dockerfile
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 
+# Add scala kernel via spylon-kernel
+RUN python3 -m spylon_kernel install
+
 # Download and install IJava jupyter kernel
 RUN curl https://github.com/SpencerPark/IJava/releases/download/v1.3.0/ijava-1.3.0.zip -Lo ijava-1.3.0.zip \
   && unzip ijava-1.3.0.zip \
diff --git a/spark/requirements.txt b/spark/requirements.txt
index 1ba10d8..4e7ca8f 100644
--- a/spark/requirements.txt
+++ b/spark/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 jupyter==1.0.0
 pandas==1.4.2
 prettytable==3.2.0
+spylon-kernel==0.4.1