diff --git a/scipy-notebook/Dockerfile b/scipy-notebook/Dockerfile
index cdbbed6b..f2efdbd2 100644
--- a/scipy-notebook/Dockerfile
+++ b/scipy-notebook/Dockerfile
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ RUN conda install --quiet --yes \
     'bokeh=0.11*' \
     'sqlalchemy=1.0*' \
     'hdf5=1.8.17' \
-    'h5py=2.6*' && \
+    'h5py=2.6*' \
+    'vincent=0.4.*' \
+    'beautifulsoup4=4.5.*' \
+    'xlrd'  && \
     conda remove --quiet --yes --force qt pyqt && \
     conda clean -tipsy
 
@@ -69,7 +72,10 @@ RUN conda create --quiet --yes -p $CONDA_DIR/envs/python2 python=2.7 \
     'hdf5=1.8.17' \
     'h5py=2.6*' \
     'sqlalchemy=1.0*' \
-    'pyzmq' && \
+    'pyzmq' \
+    'vincent=0.4.*' \
+    'beautifulsoup4=4.5.*' \
+    'xlrd' && \
     conda remove -n python2 --quiet --yes --force qt pyqt && \
     conda clean -tipsy
 # Add shortcuts to distinguish pip for python2 and python3 envs
diff --git a/scipy-notebook/README.md b/scipy-notebook/README.md
index e8ee6fbc..255d05bb 100644
--- a/scipy-notebook/README.md
+++ b/scipy-notebook/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 * Jupyter Notebook 4.2.x
 * Conda Python 3.x and Python 2.7.x environments
-* pandas, matplotlib, scipy, seaborn, scikit-learn, scikit-image, sympy, cython, patsy, statsmodel, cloudpickle, dill, numba, bokeh pre-installed
+* pandas, matplotlib, scipy, seaborn, scikit-learn, scikit-image, sympy, cython, patsy, statsmodel, cloudpickle, dill, numba, bokeh, vincent, beautifulsoup, xlrd 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](../base-notebook/start-notebook.sh) as the default command
 * A [start-singleuser.sh](../base-notebook/start-singleuser.sh) script useful for running a single-user instance of the Notebook server, as required by JupyterHub