diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index 8d0231f..1ab2555 100755
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ EIGEN_REPO=https://gitlab.com/libeigen/eigen/-/archive/3.3.9/eigen-3.3.9.tar.gz
 REAXPRO_MINIO_USER=rootname
 REAXPRO_MINIO_PASSWORD=rootname123
 DOCKER_BUILD_TARGET=develop
+INSTALL_SLURM=no
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9b07984..5a3d832 100755
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -15,12 +15,15 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     g++ apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg \
     software-properties-common build-essential \
     libboost-all-dev librapidxml-dev libeigen3-dev \
-    gfortran nodejs slurm-wlm
+    gfortran nodejs
 
 # retrieve build args
 ARG GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN
 ARG EIGEN_REPO
 ARG CATALYTIC_FOAM_REPO
+ARG INSTALL_SLURM
+
+RUN if [[ "$INSTALL_SLURM" = "yes" ]] ; then apt install -y slurm-wlm ; else echo 'Slurm will not be installed.' ; fi
 
 # make code base in homedir read-/write-/executable to USER
 RUN chmod -R 0777 /home/openfoam
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 99c3de1..b9361a1 100755
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ services:
         - EIGEN_REPO=$EIGEN_REPO
         - WRAPPER_DEPS_EXTRA=$WRAPPER_DEPS_EXTRA
         - WRAPPER_DEPS_INSTALL=$WRAPPER_DEPS_INSTALL
+        - INSTALL_SLURM=$INSTALL_SLURM
       target: "${DOCKER_BUILD_TARGET:-develop}"
     tty: True
     entrypoint: /bin/bash