diff --git a/apps/docker/Dockerfile b/apps/docker/Dockerfile
index a0b02e746..ff88df557 100644
--- a/apps/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 # since it's not cacheable by docker
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y gdb gdbserver git dos2unix lsb-core sudo curl unzip \
   make cmake clang libmysqlclient-dev \
-  libboost-system1.7*-dev libboost-filesystem1.7*-dev libboost-program-options1.7*-dev libboost-iostreams1.7*-dev \
+  libboost-system1.7*-dev libboost-filesystem1.7*-dev libboost-program-options1.7*-dev libboost-iostreams1.7*-dev libboost-thread1.7*-dev \
   build-essential libtool cmake-data openssl libgoogle-perftools-dev google-perftools \
   libssl-dev libmysql++-dev libreadline6-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev mysql-client \
   libncurses5-dev ccache \
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ RUN addgroup --gid $GROUP_ID acore && \
 
 # install the required dependencies to run the server
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y dos2unix gdb gdbserver google-perftools libgoogle-perftools-dev net-tools \
-    libboost-system1.7*-dev libboost-filesystem1.7*-dev libboost-program-options1.7*-dev libboost-iostreams1.7*-dev \
+    libboost-system1.7*-dev libboost-filesystem1.7*-dev libboost-program-options1.7*-dev libboost-iostreams1.7*-dev libboost-thread1.7*-dev \
     tzdata libmysqlclient-dev mysql-client curl unzip && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* ;
 
 # change timezone in container
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ ENV TZ=Etc/UTC
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libmysqlclient-dev libssl-dev libbz2-dev \
-    libboost-system1.7*-dev libboost-filesystem1.7*-dev libboost-program-options1.7*-dev libboost-iostreams1.7*-dev \
+    libboost-system1.7*-dev libboost-filesystem1.7*-dev libboost-program-options1.7*-dev libboost-iostreams1.7*-dev libboost-thread1.7*-dev \
     sudo && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* ;
 
 # Create a non-root user