diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d18bd40..1f281f7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ LABEL AlternativeImageName="wollud1969/docker-bash"
 
 
 RUN \
-  apk add --no-cache bash curl git python3 gawk sed && \
-  P=`pwd` && \
-  cd /usr/bin && \
-  ln -s python3 python && \
-  cd $P
+  apk add --no-cache bash curl git python3 gawk sed py3-pip && \
+  ( cd /usr/bin && ln -s python3 python ) && \
+  pip install xmltodict && \
+  pip install pyyaml
 
 CMD [ "bash" ]
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 5b8bc55..7fe9c47 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This is a Docker image directly derived from the Docker image `docker`, which is
 
 I use it regularly within Gitlab CI runners. Most recently I was wondering why a specific bash feature (variable indirection) wasn't available in a CI script. The reason was simple: the Docker `docker` image doesn't contain `bash` at all.
 
-This image now is derived from the Docker `docker` image and just adds the bash, sed, gawk, curl, git and python.
+This image now is derived from the Docker `docker` image and just adds the bash, sed, gawk, curl, git and python3, pip and the Python modules xmltodict and pyyaml.
 
 I would say: Use it the same way as the original image, you just have the additional stuff now.