diff --git a/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml b/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
index daf662a..183cd95 100644
--- a/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
@@ -55,3 +55,5 @@ docker_apt_repository: >
   deb [arch={{ docker_apt_architecture_map[ansible_architecture] }}]
   https://download.docker.com/linux/{{ ansible_distribution | lower }}
   {{ ansible_distribution_release }} stable
+
+docker_requests_python_package: "python-requests"
diff --git a/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml b/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
index 2c96070..2890f24 100644
--- a/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
@@ -43,3 +43,9 @@
 
 - name: Ensure handlers are notified now to avoid firewall conflicts.
   ansible.builtin.meta: flush_handlers
+
+- name: Install required python requests library
+  ansible.builtin.package:
+    name: "{{ docker_requests_python_package }}"
+    state: present
+  become: true