diff --git a/deployments/datahub/images/default/apt.txt b/deployments/datahub/images/default/apt.txt
index 870dfaee0..5d0ac6ed8 100644
--- a/deployments/datahub/images/default/apt.txt
+++ b/deployments/datahub/images/default/apt.txt
@@ -65,3 +65,10 @@ libzmq5
 # MUSIC 30: musescore3
 # https://github.com/berkeley-dsep-infra/datahub/issues/5047
 musescore3
+
+# additional R packages 
+# https://github.com/berkeley-dsep-infra/datahub/issues/5061
+libgdal-dev
+libgeos-dev
+libproj-dev
+libmysqlclient-dev