diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3d4359f..69b21c3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ARG WHEEL_FILE=wheelfile-not-specified.whoops
 
 COPY dist/$WHEEL_FILE /wheels/
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/buildkit/pip \
-    pip wheel --wheel-dir /wheels /wheels/${WHEEL_FILE}
+    pip wheel --wheel-dir /wheels /wheels/${WHEEL_FILE} mysqlclient
 
 
 # Actual image (based on slim)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ RUN apt update && apt install default-libmysqlclient-dev -y
 
 COPY --from=build /wheels /wheels
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/buildkit/pip \
-    pip install --find-links /wheels --no-index /wheels/$WHEEL_FILE
+    pip install --find-links /wheels --no-index /wheels/$WHEEL_FILE mysqlclient
 
 COPY bugsink_conf.py .
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d1ed6b1..06b0f38 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ inotify_simple
 brotli
 python-dateutil
 whitenoise
-mysqlclient>=1.4.3
 
 # testing/development only:
 requests