diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index a4f31e6..a6d4031 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -25,3 +25,14 @@ docker_compose_deploy: false
 docker_netdata_install: false
 docker_netdata_port: 19999
 docker_netdata_version: 'v1.44.2'
+
+docker_python_packages:
+  - python3-pip
+  - python3-setuptools
+  - python3-virtualenv
+  - python3-wheel
+
+docker_python_libraries:
+    - docker
+    - jsondiff
+    - requests
diff --git a/tasks/netdata.yml b/tasks/netdata.yml
index 993ec8c..21b93c9 100644
--- a/tasks/netdata.yml
+++ b/tasks/netdata.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 ---
+- name: install required packages
+  apt:
+    name: "{{ docker_python_packages }}"
+    state: present
+    update_cache: yes
+    cache_valid_time: 86400
+
+- name: install required python modules
+  pip:
+    executable: pip3
+    name: "{{ docker_python_libraries }}"
+
 - name: Deploy Netdata Docker container
   community.docker.docker_container:
     name: netdata