diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3f942aa8e..443c65755 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ FROM ghcr.io/music-assistant/base:$BASE_IMAGE_VERSION
 ARG MASS_VERSION
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 ADD dist dist
+
+# pre-install ALL requirements
+# comes at a cost of a slightly larger image size but is faster to start
+# and has less dependencies to install at runtime
+COPY requirements_all.txt .
+RUN uv pip install \
+    --no-cache \
+    --find-links "https://wheels.home-assistant.io/musllinux/" \
+    -r requirements_all.txt
+
 # Install Music Assistant from prebuilt wheel
 RUN uv pip install \
     --no-cache \