diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.full b/docker/Dockerfile.full
index 1d170bfc45..0690b96958 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.full
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.full
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ RUN apt-get -y install \
     libvips \
     pkg-config
 
+# these are necessary for pillow-simd, additional on disk size is small
+# but could consider removing this.
+RUN apt-get -y install \
+    apt install libjpeg-dev zlib1g-dev
+
 # gstreamer native https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/installing/on-linux.html?gi-language=c#install-gstreamer-on-ubuntu-or-debian
 RUN apt-get -y install \
     gstreamer1.0-tools gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-alsa \
@@ -52,6 +57,8 @@ RUN apt-get -y install \
     python3-setuptools \
     python3-wheel
 
+# armv7l does not have wheels for any of these
+# and compile times would forever, if it works at all.
 RUN if [ "$(uname -m)" = "armv7l" ]; \
     then \
         apt-get -y install \
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.lite b/docker/Dockerfile.lite
index 21423ce121..dd51eb4433 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.lite
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.lite
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ RUN apt-get -y install \
     python3-setuptools \
     python3-wheel
 
-
 # python pip
 RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 RUN python3 -m pip install aiofiles debugpy typing_extensions psutil
diff --git a/docker/template/Dockerfile.full.header b/docker/template/Dockerfile.full.header
index d95cd52b2b..d3cfd04d2b 100644
--- a/docker/template/Dockerfile.full.header
+++ b/docker/template/Dockerfile.full.header
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ RUN apt-get -y install \
     libvips \
     pkg-config
 
+# these are necessary for pillow-simd, additional on disk size is small
+# but could consider removing this.
+RUN apt-get -y install \
+    apt install libjpeg-dev zlib1g-dev
+
 # gstreamer native https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/installing/on-linux.html?gi-language=c#install-gstreamer-on-ubuntu-or-debian
 RUN apt-get -y install \
     gstreamer1.0-tools gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-alsa \
@@ -49,6 +54,8 @@ RUN apt-get -y install \
     python3-setuptools \
     python3-wheel
 
+# armv7l does not have wheels for any of these
+# and compile times would forever, if it works at all.
 RUN if [ "$(uname -m)" = "armv7l" ]; \
     then \
         apt-get -y install \