diff --git a/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile b/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile
index b19b41df7fac98d743040da917e70d4598f3407b..d298e15a2382b401141ccf165556f00c4f620f18 100755
--- a/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/jupyterhub/base/Dockerfile
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ RUN R -e "install.packages('IRkernel')" && \
     R -e "install.packages('ggplot2')" && \
     R -e "install.packages('emmeans')"
 
+RUN python${PYTHON_VERSION} -m jupyter labextension install jupyterlab-favorites
+
 RUN chmod -x /etc/update-motd.d/*
 
 WORKDIR "${HOME}"