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@@ -27,6 +27,36 @@ container to access the host's shared memory. vLLM uses PyTorch, which uses shar
 memory to share data between processes under the hood, particularly for tensor parallel inference.
 :::
 
+:::{note}
+Optional dependencies are not included in order to avoid licensing issues (e.g. <gh-issue:8030>).
+
+If you need to use those dependencies (having accepted the license terms),
+create a custom Dockerfile on top of the base image with an extra layer that installs them:
+
+```Dockerfile
+FROM vllm/vllm-openai:v0.7.3
+
+# e.g. install the `audio` and `video` optional dependencies
+# NOTE: Make sure the version of vLLM matches the base image!
+RUN uv pip install --system vllm[audio,video]==0.7.3
+```
+
+:::
+
+:::{tip}
+Some new models may only be available on the main branch of [HF Transformers](https://github.com/huggingface/transformers).
+
+To use the development version of `transformers`, create a custom Dockerfile on top of the base image
+with an extra layer that installs their code from source:
+
+```Dockerfile
+FROM vllm/vllm-openai:latest
+
+RUN uv pip install --system git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git
+```
+
+:::
+
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 ## Building vLLM's Docker Image from Source