diff --git a/Dockerfile.dev b/Dockerfile.dev
index a50f23a22..6c004d252 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ RUN dnf -y install \
 COPY thirdparty/criterion /tmp/criterion
 RUN mkdir -p /tmp/criterion/build && cd /tmp/criterion/build && cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=/usr/local/lib64 .. && make install && rm -rf /tmp/*
 
+# Workaround for libnl3's search path for netem distributions
+RUN ln -s /usr/lib64/tc /usr/lib/tc
+
 # Expose ports for HTTP and WebSocket frontend
 EXPOSE 80
 EXPOSE 443
diff --git a/Dockerfile.dev-ubuntu b/Dockerfile.dev-ubuntu
index a9d860739..461653afa 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dev-ubuntu
+++ b/Dockerfile.dev-ubuntu
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ EXPOSE 443
 
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib:/usr/local/lib64
 
+# Workaround for libnl3's search path for netem distributions
+RUN ln -s /usr/lib64/tc /usr/lib/tc
+
 ENTRYPOINT villas
 WORKDIR /villas
 ENTRYPOINT bash