diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 21db510..60b2130 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if [ -r "./apt-requirements.txt" ]; then
+   apt install -y `cat ./apt-requirements.txt`
+fi
+
 if [ -r "./setup.py" ] || [ -r "./setup.cfg" ] || [ -r "./pyproject.toml" ]; then
    pip3 install .
 elif [ -r "${py_requirements}" ]; then