diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 75e8fa49f86c9..01b7aa0f44afd 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ ENV UV_INDEX_STRATEGY="unsafe-best-match"
 # Use copy mode to avoid hardlink failures with Docker cache mounts
 ENV UV_LINK_MODE=copy
 
+# Install libnuma-dev, required by fastsafetensors (fixes #20384)
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libnuma-dev && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 COPY requirements/lint.txt requirements/lint.txt
 COPY requirements/test.txt requirements/test.txt
 COPY requirements/dev.txt requirements/dev.txt