diff --git a/sonic-slave-bullseye/Dockerfile.j2 b/sonic-slave-bullseye/Dockerfile.j2
index 2f55376e09..cd651a380c 100644
--- a/sonic-slave-bullseye/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/sonic-slave-bullseye/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
         uuid-dev \
         jq \
         cron \
+# For sonic-swss-common
+        nlohmann-json3-dev \
 # For quagga build
         libreadline-dev \
         texlive-latex-base \
diff --git a/sonic-slave-buster/Dockerfile.j2 b/sonic-slave-buster/Dockerfile.j2
index 17a0e7b873..bef243a71c 100644
--- a/sonic-slave-buster/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/sonic-slave-buster/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
         libzmq3-dev \
         uuid-dev \
         jq \
+# For sonic-swss-common
+        nlohmann-json3-dev \
 # For quagga build
         libreadline-dev \
         texlive-latex-base \