diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/Dockerfile b/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/Dockerfile
index 1c4dcd5476872..196b74f8241ea 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/Dockerfile
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/Dockerfile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ARG k8s_tests=kubernetes/tests
 
 RUN set -ex && \
     apk upgrade --no-cache && \
-    apk add --no-cache bash tini libc6-compat linux-pam && \
+    apk add --no-cache bash tini libc6-compat linux-pam nss && \
     mkdir -p /opt/spark && \
     mkdir -p /opt/spark/work-dir && \
     touch /opt/spark/RELEASE && \