diff --git a/services/ingest-file/Dockerfile b/services/ingest-file/Dockerfile
index 4398fd226d..4741320de9 100644
--- a/services/ingest-file/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/ingest-file/Dockerfile
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ RUN apt-get -qq -y update \
 RUN apt-get -qq -y update \
     && apt-get -q -y install build-essential locales ca-certificates \
         # python deps (mostly to install their dependencies)
-        python3-pip python3-dev python3-pil python3-tesserocr \
+        python3-pip python3-dev python3-pil \
+        # tesseract
+        tesseract-ocr libtesseract-dev libleptonica-dev pkg-config\
         # libraries
         libxslt1-dev libpq-dev libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev \
         zlib1g-dev libicu-dev libxml2-dev \
diff --git a/services/ingest-file/requirements.txt b/services/ingest-file/requirements.txt
index 8a3bb54793..26fc4a5070 100644
--- a/services/ingest-file/requirements.txt
+++ b/services/ingest-file/requirements.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ grpcio==1.24.3
 google-cloud-vision==0.39.0
 google-cloud-storage==1.21.0
 
+tesserocr==2.4.1
+
 # Development
 nose==1.3.7
 click==7.0