diff --git a/automation/unit-tests.sh b/automation/unit-tests.sh
index 4dc5059f..d0bae3a8 100755
--- a/automation/unit-tests.sh
+++ b/automation/unit-tests.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -ex
 
+# dependency check
+pip show -q openshift
+
 #syntax check
 templates=$(ls dist/templates/*)
 namespace="kubevirt"
diff --git a/builder/Dockerfile b/builder/Dockerfile
index d9bf4215..66214eb3 100644
--- a/builder/Dockerfile
+++ b/builder/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 FROM quay.io/fedora/fedora:latest
 
 # Install dependencies and tools
-RUN dnf install -y jq ansible python3-gobject python3-openshift libosinfo intltool make git findutils expect golang podman
+RUN dnf install -y jq ansible python3-gobject python3-openshift python3-pip libosinfo intltool make git findutils expect golang podman
 
 # Allow writes to /etc/passwd so a user for ansible can be added by CI commands
 RUN chmod a+w /etc/passwd