diff --git a/templates/Dockerfile-rpm.tmpl b/templates/Dockerfile-rpm.tmpl
index 274da0da..79bf82fa 100644
--- a/templates/Dockerfile-rpm.tmpl
+++ b/templates/Dockerfile-rpm.tmpl
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ RUN ( yum install -y https://%%rpm_url%%  \
     && yum install -y postgresql%%pgshort%%-server postgresql%%pgshort%%-devel \
     && yum clean all
 
+RUN python3 -m pip install wheel
+
 # install jq to process JSON API responses
 RUN curl -sL https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-1.5/jq-linux64 \
          -o /usr/bin/jq \