diff --git a/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-base/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-base/Dockerfile.j2
index 861ea018d1..e7f2d311b1 100644
--- a/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-base/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-base/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ MAINTAINER {{ maintainer }}
     {% if base_distro in ['centos', 'fedora', 'oraclelinux', 'rhel'] %}
         {% set ceilometer_base_packages = [
             'openstack-ceilometer-common',
+            'python-gnocchiclient',
             'python-tooz',
             'python-oslo-db'
          ] %}
     {% elif base_distro in ['ubuntu'] %}
         {% set ceilometer_base_packages = [
             'ceilometer-common',
+            'python-gnocchiclient',
             'python-pymongo'
          ] %}
     {% endif %}