diff --git a/dev/Dockerfile b/dev/Dockerfile
index 1df09d12..94aa9079 100644
--- a/dev/Dockerfile
+++ b/dev/Dockerfile
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     libssl-dev \
     python3 \
     python3-pip \
-    ruby
+    ruby \
+    protobuf-compiler
 
+RUN pip install --break-system-packages grpcio-tools
 
 RUN wget https://github.com/renode/renode/releases/download/v1.15.3/renode-1.15.3.linux-portable.tar.gz
 RUN mkdir renode_portable && tar -xvf renode-*.linux-portable.tar.gz -C renode_portable --strip-components=1 && rm renode-*.linux-portable.tar.gz