diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index be6d9ad2..7152b788 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ RUN echo 'INPUT ( libldap.so )' > /usr/lib/libldap_r.so
 
 #RUN LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib /bin/sh -c "pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt"
 
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+# Create a virtual environment
+RUN python3 -m venv /venv
+
+ENV PATH="/venv/bin:$PATH"
+
+RUN pip install  --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip
 
 #RUN CFLAGS="-Wno-cpp -Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-missing-noreturn -I/usr/include/libxml2" pip install lxml