diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 21c8e975..6bd15db6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ RUN pip install flashtext && \
     pip install jax==0.2.12 jaxlib==0.1.64 && \
     # ipympl adds interactive widget support for matplotlib
     pip install ipympl==0.7.0 && \
+    pip install pandarallel && \
     /tmp/clean-layer.sh
 
 # Download base easyocr models.
diff --git a/tests/test_pandarralel.py b/tests/test_pandarralel.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe74b0e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_pandarralel.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import unittest
+
+import pandas as pd
+from pandarallel import pandarallel
+
+pandarallel.initialize()
+
+class TestPandarallel(unittest.TestCase):    
+    def test_pandarallel(self):
+        data = pd.read_csv("/input/tests/data/train.csv")
+        data['label_converted'] = data['label'].parallel_apply(lambda x: x+1)