diff --git a/ci/deps/ldms.sh b/ci/deps/ldms.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7e3262fc6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/deps/ldms.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -exo pipefail
+
+if test $# -lt 1
+then
+    echo "usage: ./$0 <ldms-version>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+version=$1
+arch=x86_64
+
+ldms_tar_name=ovis-ldms-${version}.tar.gz
+ldms_name=ovis-ldms-${version}
+
+echo "${version}"
+echo "${ldms_tar_name}"
+
+wget https://github.com/ovis-hpc/ovis/releases/download/OVIS-${version}/${ldms_tar_name}
+
+tar xzf ${ldms_tar_name}
+rm ${ldms_tar_name}
+cd ${ldms_name}
+./configure \
+    ${installation_prefix:+ --prefix"=${installation_prefix}"}
+make -j4
+make install
+cd -
+rm -rf ${ldms_name}
+
diff --git a/ci/docker/ubuntu-gnu-cpp.dockerfile b/ci/docker/ubuntu-gnu-cpp.dockerfile
index 75a380b808..40597df85b 100644
--- a/ci/docker/ubuntu-gnu-cpp.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/ubuntu-gnu-cpp.dockerfile
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ RUN apt-get update -y -q && \
     python3 \
     valgrind \
     wget \
+    bison \
+    flex \
+    libssl-dev \
+    libpython3-dev \
     zlib1g \
     zlib1g-dev \
     brotli \
@@ -81,6 +85,9 @@ RUN if test ${zoltan_enabled} -eq 1; then \
       ./zoltan.sh -j4 ${ZOLTAN_INSTALL_DIR}; \
     fi
 
+COPY ./ci/deps/ldms.sh ldms.sh
+RUN ./ldms.sh 4.3.11
+
 RUN apt-get update -y -q && \
     apt-get install -y -q --no-install-recommends \
     lcov && \