diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index e3ecb76..1688232 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ jobs:
           build-args: |
             BASE_IMAGE=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository }}/base
             BASE_TAG=${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && github.sha || 'master' }}
-            PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION=${{ matrix.python_minor_version }}${{ (matrix.python_minor_version < 12 && '-distutils') || '' }}
+            PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION=${{ matrix.python_minor_version }}
+            PYTHON_DISTUTILS=${{ (matrix.python_minor_version < 12 && '-distutils') || '-minimal' }}
           cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository }}/${{ matrix.image }}:${{ (startsWith(matrix.image, 'runtime') && format('3.{0}-', matrix.python_minor_version)) || '' }}buildcache
           cache-to: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && env.CACHE_TO_STRING || '' }}
           provenance: false
diff --git a/runtime/Dockerfile b/runtime/Dockerfile
index ecdd48b..e6d29e5 100644
--- a/runtime/Dockerfile
+++ b/runtime/Dockerfile
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@ ARG BASE_TAG
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}:${BASE_TAG}
 
 ARG PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION
-RUN apt-install python3.${PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION}
+ARG PYTHON_DISTUTILS
+RUN apt-install \
+        python3.${PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION}${PYTHON_DISTUTILS} \
+        libpython3.${PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION}-stdlib
diff --git a/vanilla/Dockerfile b/vanilla/Dockerfile
index fac0373..d08549a 100644
--- a/vanilla/Dockerfile
+++ b/vanilla/Dockerfile
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ RUN python3.${PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION} -m venv ${VIRTUAL_ENV} && \
 FROM ghcr.io/ddelange/pycuda/runtime:3.${PYTHON_MINOR_VERSION}-master
 
 COPY --from=builder ${VIRTUAL_ENV} ${VIRTUAL_ENV}
+
+RUN python -c "print('hello world')" && pip install ipdb