diff --git a/.devcontainer/base-dev/base-dev.Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/base-dev/base-dev.Dockerfile
index 22cb0cc18..43837326a 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/base-dev/base-dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/base-dev/base-dev.Dockerfile
@@ -374,4 +374,6 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=
 # install dev python3 dependencies
 RUN pip3 install \
     # for juypter notebooks
-    ipykernel
+    ipykernel \
+    # to generate ompl python bindings
+    pybind11