diff --git a/comps/asr/whisper/Dockerfile_hpu b/comps/asr/whisper/Dockerfile_hpu
index 85f467606c..15b2688f0a 100644
--- a/comps/asr/whisper/Dockerfile_hpu
+++ b/comps/asr/whisper/Dockerfile_hpu
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ RUN useradd -m -s /bin/bash user && \
 # Set environment variables
 ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 ENV PYTHONPATH=/home/user:/usr/lib/habanalabs/:/optimum-habana
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
 # Install system dependencies
 RUN apt-get update \
diff --git a/comps/tts/speecht5/Dockerfile_hpu b/comps/tts/speecht5/Dockerfile_hpu
index 330ae276ed..7fd53e913f 100644
--- a/comps/tts/speecht5/Dockerfile_hpu
+++ b/comps/tts/speecht5/Dockerfile_hpu
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ RUN rm -rf /etc/ssh/ssh_host*
 # Set environment variables
 ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 ENV PYTHONPATH=/home/user:/usr/lib/habanalabs/:/optimum-habana
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
 # Install system dependencies
 RUN apt-get update \