diff --git a/linux/mssql-tools/Dockerfile b/linux/mssql-tools/Dockerfile
index b0024dc7..e9abbdef 100644
--- a/linux/mssql-tools/Dockerfile
+++ b/linux/mssql-tools/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="SQL Server Engineering Team"
 
 # apt-get and system utilities
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-	curl apt-transport-https debconf-utils \
+	curl apt-transport-https debconf-utils unzip \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # adding custom MS repository
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@ RUN curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/16.04/prod.list > /etc/apt
 
 # install SQL Server drivers and tools
 RUN apt-get update && ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get install -y msodbcsql mssql-tools
-RUN echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
+
+# Install SQLPackage for Linux and make it executable
+RUN wget -O /tmp/sqlpackage.zip https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2113331 \
+    && unzip -qq /tmp/sqlpackage.zip -d /opt/sqlpackage \
+    && chmod +x /opt/sqlpackage/sqlpackage \
+    && rm /tmp/sqlpackage.zip
+
+# Add mssql-tools and sqlpackage paths
+RUN echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin:/opt/sqlpackage"' >> ~/.bashrc
 RUN /bin/bash -c "source ~/.bashrc"