diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.builder b/docker/Dockerfile.builder
index 372739d305..499a470ce6 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.builder
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.builder
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ ARG numThreads=$(nproc)
 RUN echo "" > tools/yosys/abc/.gitcommit && \
   ./build_openroad.sh --no_init --local --threads ${numThreads}
 
+FROM $fromImage AS verilator
+
+COPY --link tools/verilator /OpenROAD-flow-scripts/tools/verilator
+
+WORKDIR /OpenROAD-flow-scripts/tools/verilator
+RUN autoconf && ./configure && make -j$(nproc) && make install
+
 FROM orfs-base
 
 # The order for copying the directories is based on the frequency of changes (ascending order),
@@ -35,6 +42,8 @@ COPY --link flow/scripts flow/scripts
 COPY --link flow/designs flow/designs
 
 COPY --link --from=orfs-builder-base /OpenROAD-flow-scripts/tools/install tools/install
+COPY --link --from=verilator /usr/local/bin/verilator /usr/local/bin/verilator
+COPY --link --from=verilator /usr/local/share/verilator /usr/local/share/verilator
 COPY --link \
      --exclude=.git* --exclude=tools/ --exclude=docs/ --exclude=docker/ \
      --exclude=flow/designs --exclude=flow/platforms --exclude=flow/scripts \
diff --git a/etc/DependencyInstaller.sh b/etc/DependencyInstaller.sh
index f77e7d692b..a1780eb5a5 100755
--- a/etc/DependencyInstaller.sh
+++ b/etc/DependencyInstaller.sh
@@ -72,10 +72,14 @@ _installUbuntuPackages() {
     apt-get -y update
     apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends \
         curl \
+        help2man \
+        libfl-dev \
+        libfl2 \
+        libgoogle-perftools-dev \
         libqt5multimediawidgets5 \
+        libqt5opengl5 \
         libqt5svg5-dev \
         libqt5xmlpatterns5-dev \
-        libqt5opengl5 \
         libz-dev \
         python3-pip \
         python3-venv \
@@ -83,7 +87,9 @@ _installUbuntuPackages() {
         qttools5-dev \
         ruby \
         ruby-dev \
-        time
+        time \
+        zlib1g \
+        zlib1g-dev
 
     # install KLayout
     if _versionCompare $1 -ge 23.04; then