diff --git a/scipy-notebook/Dockerfile b/scipy-notebook/Dockerfile
index 6d9b2ba6..8d4f5ffa 100644
--- a/scipy-notebook/Dockerfile
+++ b/scipy-notebook/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ USER root
 
 # libav-tools for matplotlib anim
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libav-tools && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libav-tools python-pip python-dev build-essential && \
     apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ RUN conda install --quiet --yes \
     'hdf5=1.8.17' \
     'h5py=2.6*' \
     'vincent=0.4.4*' \
-    'BeautifulSoup=4.5.1*' && \
+    'beautifulsoup4=4.5.1*' \
+    'xlrd'  && \
     conda remove --quiet --yes --force qt pyqt && \
     conda clean -tipsy
 
@@ -73,7 +74,8 @@ RUN conda create --quiet --yes -p $CONDA_DIR/envs/python2 python=2.7 \
     'sqlalchemy=1.0*' \
     'pyzmq' \
     'vincent=0.4.4*' \
-    'BeautifulSoup=4.5.1*'&& \
+    'beautifulsoup4=4.5.1*' \
+    'xlrd' && \
     conda remove -n python2 --quiet --yes --force qt pyqt && \
     conda clean -tipsy
 # Add shortcuts to distinguish pip for python2 and python3 envs