diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index e4882f9..717e16e 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ RUN pip3 install j2cli
 
 # Install Python PAM support
 RUN apt-get install -y libpam-python pamtester
+# NOTE: Python2 needed for custom PAM module
+RUN apt-get install -y python python-dev
+RUN wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py
+RUN python2 get-pip.py
+RUN pip install requests
 
 # Copy scripts and templates
 COPY docker-entrypoint.sh files/irods_login.sh \
diff --git a/docker/templates/pam_sodar.py.j2 b/docker/templates/pam_sodar.py.j2
index a1f1578..8e97310 100644
--- a/docker/templates/pam_sodar.py.j2
+++ b/docker/templates/pam_sodar.py.j2
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ LDAP/AD server is not available.
 __author__ = 'Mikko Nieminen'
 
 import os
+import site
+# HACK to allow libpam-python to find 3rd party packages
+site.addsitedir('/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages')
 import requests