diff --git a/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile b/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile
index f535f76bf03c05252e8042efe2f659860d20a249..83bdca0efe0bba541dcc95d0f6f72557efcc6dbe 100755
--- a/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile
@@ -103,6 +103,15 @@ RUN R -e "install.packages('IRkernel')" && \
     R -e "IRkernel::installspec(user = FALSE)" && \
     jupyter labextension install @techrah/text-shortcuts
 
+RUN R -e "install.packages('IRkernel')" && \
+    R -e "install.packages('readr')" && \
+    R -e "install.packages('car')" && \
+    R -e "install.packages('lme4')" && \
+    R -e "install.packages('nlme')" && \
+    R -e "install.packages('lmerTest')" && \
+    R -e "install.packages('ggplot2')" && \
+    R -e "install.packages('emmeans')"
+
 RUN chmod -x /etc/update-motd.d/*
 
 WORKDIR "${HOME}"