diff --git a/packaging/docker/Dockerfile.eks b/packaging/docker/Dockerfile.eks
index 286f7703c2..9df153280f 100644
--- a/packaging/docker/Dockerfile.eks
+++ b/packaging/docker/Dockerfile.eks
@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@ RUN yum install -y \
   traceroute \
   telnet \
   tcpdump \
+  unzip \
   vim
 
 #todo: nload, iperf, numademo
 
+RUN curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64-2.0.30.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip" \
+    &&  unzip awscliv2.zip && ./aws/install && rm -rf aws
+
 COPY misc/tini-amd64.sha256sum /tmp/
 COPY misc/flamegraph.sha256sum /tmp/
 # Adding tini as PID 1 https://github.com/krallin/tini