diff --git a/arm/Dockerfile.rocky-lammps b/arm/Dockerfile.rocky-lammps
index 8400550..29a5667 100644
--- a/arm/Dockerfile.rocky-lammps
+++ b/arm/Dockerfile.rocky-lammps
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ RUN dnf update -y && dnf install -y \
     dnf install --nogpgcheck https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %rhel).noarch.rpm -y && \
     dnf install --nogpgcheck https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/el/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %rhel).noarch.rpm -y && \
     dnf install -y ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel && \
+    dnf install -y libfabric && \
     pip install clang-format
 
 # install laamps
diff --git a/arm/Dockerfile.ubuntu-lammps b/arm/Dockerfile.ubuntu-lammps
index e2fea45..5d3a7cf 100644
--- a/arm/Dockerfile.ubuntu-lammps
+++ b/arm/Dockerfile.ubuntu-lammps
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 # Install time for timed commands, and other helpful ones
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-    time git cmake sudo ca-certificates wget curl ssh jq mpich python3-pip vim gcc g++ mpich && \    
+    time git cmake sudo ca-certificates wget curl ssh jq mpich python3-pip vim gcc g++ mpich && \
+    apt-get install -y libfabric-dev && \
     apt-get clean && \
     apt-get autoremove && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*