diff --git a/for_tests/Dockerfile b/for_tests/Dockerfile
index 12fe2a655561599f9d94d8bf2e3b8e2f8c2376b6..8c183ef18bfa32a55efae5ba6f3fbd0dc8e0a4cb 100644
--- a/for_tests/Dockerfile
+++ b/for_tests/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ RUN apt-get update &&\
 # Install package needed
 RUN apt-get install -y \
         wget \
-        python3-pip
+        python3-pip \
+        cmake  # to install mmseqs
 
 # Update pip
 RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip
@@ -33,3 +34,12 @@ RUN apt-get install -y\
 RUN git clone https://github.com/tseemann/prokka.git
 RUN /tmp/prokka/bin/prokka --setupdb
 RUN ln -s /tmp/prokka/bin/prokka /usr/local/bin
+
+# Install mmseqs2
+WORKDIR /tmp
+RUN git clone https://github.com/soedinglab/MMseqs2.git
+WORKDIR /tmp/MMseqs2
+RUN mkdir build && cd build
+RUN cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=. ..
+RUN make && make install 
+RUN ln -s /tmp/MMseqs2/build/bin/mmseqs /usr/local/bin