diff --git a/datascience-notebook/Dockerfile b/datascience-notebook/Dockerfile
index ed0fb2de..f2b81237 100644
--- a/datascience-notebook/Dockerfile
+++ b/datascience-notebook/Dockerfile
@@ -52,4 +52,8 @@ RUN julia -e 'Pkg.add("IJulia")' && \
     mv /home/$NB_USER/.local/share/jupyter/kernels/* $CONDA_DIR/share/jupyter/kernels/ && \
     chmod -R go+rx $CONDA_DIR/share/jupyter && \
     rm -rf /home/$NB_USER/.local/share
-RUN julia -e 'Pkg.add("Gadfly")' && julia -e 'Pkg.add("RDatasets")'
+
+# Show Julia where conda libraries are
+# Add essential packages
+RUN echo 'push!(Sys.DL_LOAD_PATH, "/opt/conda/lib")' > /home/$NB_USER/.juliarc.jl && \
+    julia -e 'Pkg.add("Gadfly")' && julia -e 'Pkg.add("RDatasets")' && julia -F -e 'Pkg.add("HDF5")'
diff --git a/datascience-notebook/README.md b/datascience-notebook/README.md
index caed3494..63b73cf8 100644
--- a/datascience-notebook/README.md
+++ b/datascience-notebook/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 * pandas, matplotlib, scipy, seaborn, scikit-learn, scikit-image, sympy, cython, patsy, statsmodel, cloudpickle, dill, numba, bokeh pre-installed
 * Conda R v3.2.x and channel
 * plyr, devtools, dplyr, ggplot2, tidyr, shiny, rmarkdown, forecast, stringr, rsqlite, reshape2, nycflights13, caret, rcurl, and randomforest pre-installed
-* Julia v0.3.x with Gadfly and RDatasets pre-installed
+* Julia v0.3.x with Gadfly, RDatasets and HDF5 pre-installed
 * Unprivileged user `jovyan` (uid=1000, configurable, see options) in group `users` (gid=100) with ownership over `/home/jovyan` and `/opt/conda`
 * [tini](https://github.com/krallin/tini) as the container entrypoint and [start-notebook.sh](../minimal-notebook/start-notebook.sh) as the default command
 * Options for HTTPS, password auth, and passwordless `sudo`