diff --git a/dockerfiles/autograding-default/ubuntu-22.04/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/autograding-default/ubuntu-22.04/Dockerfile
index 4c05abd..a07fc66 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/autograding-default/ubuntu-22.04/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/autograding-default/ubuntu-22.04/Dockerfile
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ RUN chmod -R 755 ${SUBMITTY_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/comment_count.py
 
 RUN sed -i '/en_US.UTF-8/s/^# //g' /etc/locale.gen && locale-gen
 
+# for debugging system call filtering
+RUN apt-get install -y strace
 
 RUN apt-get purge -y --auto-remove wget
 RUN rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/dockerfiles/clang/14/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/clang/14/Dockerfile
index c18253f..6bff491 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/clang/14/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/clang/14/Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ FROM ubuntu:22.04
 # installing clang & clang++
 RUN apt-get update
 RUN apt-get install -y clang-14 lld-14
+
+# for debugging system call filtering
+RUN apt-get install -y strace
+
 RUN rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # symlinks
diff --git a/dockerfiles/gcc/11/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/gcc/11/Dockerfile
index 4872288..a3ac5f7 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/gcc/11/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/gcc/11/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 FROM ubuntu:22.04
 
-# installing requirements to get and extract prebuilt binaries
 RUN apt-get update
 RUN apt-get install -y gcc-11 g++-11
+
+# for debugging system call filtering
+RUN apt-get install -y strace
+
 RUN rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # symlinks - x86
diff --git a/dockerfiles/python/3.10/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/python/3.10/Dockerfile
index 7319734..208ae43 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/python/3.10/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/python/3.10/Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ FROM ubuntu:22.04
 # installing python
 RUN apt-get update
 RUN apt-get install -y python3.10
+
+# for debugging system call filtering
+RUN apt-get install -y strace
+
 RUN rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # symlinks