diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.base b/docker/Dockerfile.base
index 9aff6b165c9..3a0a023075c 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.base
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.base
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ RUN chmod +x ${ISAACLAB_PATH}/isaaclab.sh
 # Set up a symbolic link between the installed Isaac Sim root folder and _isaac_sim in the Isaac Lab directory
 RUN ln -sf ${ISAACSIM_ROOT_PATH} ${ISAACLAB_PATH}/_isaac_sim
 
-# Install toml dependency
-RUN ${ISAACLAB_PATH}/isaaclab.sh -p -m pip install toml
+# Install toml and readline dependencies
+RUN ${ISAACLAB_PATH}/isaaclab.sh -p -m pip install toml gnureadline
 
 # Install apt dependencies for extensions that declare them in their extension.toml
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt \