diff --git a/build_debian.sh b/build_debian.sh
index 1486be65c0fd..46c62d3f529a 100755
--- a/build_debian.sh
+++ b/build_debian.sh
@@ -517,6 +517,9 @@ sudo LANG=C DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT apt-get purge
 sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip3 install 'setuptools==49.6.00'
 sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip3 install 'wheel==0.35.1'
 
+# For supporting redfish
+sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip3 install 'redfish'
+
 # docker Python API package is needed by Ansible docker module as well as some SONiC applications
 sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip3 install 'docker==5.0.3'
 
diff --git a/dockers/docker-platform-monitor/Dockerfile.j2 b/dockers/docker-platform-monitor/Dockerfile.j2
index 79265ec9cb73..25a45abfb8ac 100755
--- a/dockers/docker-platform-monitor/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/dockers/docker-platform-monitor/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ RUN pip3 install grpcio==1.39.0 \
         grpcio-tools==1.39.0
 
 # Barefoot platform vendors' sonic_platform packages import the Python 'thrift' library
-RUN pip3 install thrift==0.13.0
+RUN pip3 install thrift==0.13.0 \
+                 redfish
 
 # We install the libpci module in order to be able to do PCI transactions
 RUN pip3 install libpci