diff --git a/images/custom/Containerfile b/images/custom/Containerfile
index 2ecb06d7..4564de6c 100644
--- a/images/custom/Containerfile
+++ b/images/custom/Containerfile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ ARG WKHTMLTOPDF_DISTRO=bookworm
 ARG NODE_VERSION=24.13.0
 ENV NVM_DIR=/home/frappe/.nvm
 ENV PATH=${NVM_DIR}/versions/node/v${NODE_VERSION}/bin/:${PATH}
+ARG INSTALL_PYCUPS=false
 
 RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash frappe \
     && apt-get update \
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash frappe \
     && curl -sLO https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/download/$WKHTMLTOPDF_VERSION/$downloaded_file \
     && apt-get install -y ./$downloaded_file \
     && rm $downloaded_file \
+    # Install cups 
+    && if [ "${INSTALL_PYCUPS}" != "false" ]; then apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y libcups2-dev cups-client fi \
     # Clean up
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     && rm -fr /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default \
diff --git a/images/production/Containerfile b/images/production/Containerfile
index f95a9703..7ee7531f 100644
--- a/images/production/Containerfile
+++ b/images/production/Containerfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ARG WKHTMLTOPDF_DISTRO=bookworm
 ARG NODE_VERSION=24.13.0
 ENV NVM_DIR=/home/frappe/.nvm
 ENV PATH=${NVM_DIR}/versions/node/v${NODE_VERSION}/bin/:${PATH}
+ARG INSTALL_PYCUPS=false
 
 RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash frappe \
     && apt-get update \
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash frappe \
     && curl -sLO https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/download/$WKHTMLTOPDF_VERSION/$downloaded_file \
     && apt-get install -y ./$downloaded_file \
     && rm $downloaded_file \
+    # Install cups 
+    && if [ "${INSTALL_PYCUPS}" != "false" ]; then apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y libcups2-dev cups-client fi \
     # Clean up
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     && rm -fr /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default \