diff --git a/bitnami/python/example/.dockerignore b/bitnami/python/example/.dockerignore
index 3d8926200675..1766989b04a9 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/example/.dockerignore
+++ b/bitnami/python/example/.dockerignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 kubernetes.yml
-README.md
\ No newline at end of file
+README.md
+Dockerfile
+.dockerignore
diff --git a/bitnami/python/example/Dockerfile b/bitnami/python/example/Dockerfile
index c3755b388375..174e4734679a 100644
--- a/bitnami/python/example/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/python/example/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 FROM bitnami/python:3 as builder
-COPY . /app
+
+COPY requirements.txt /app
+
 WORKDIR /app
 RUN virtualenv . && \
     . bin/activate && \
-    pip install django && \
+    pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY . /app
+
+RUN . bin/activate && \
     python manage.py migrate
 
 FROM bitnami/python:3-prod
diff --git a/bitnami/python/example/requirements.txt b/bitnami/python/example/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..98a4539160c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitnami/python/example/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+django==3.0