diff --git a/api/build_alerts.sh b/api/build_alerts.sh
index 74bf72438..733e9b418 100644
--- a/api/build_alerts.sh
+++ b/api/build_alerts.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function make_submodule() {
     cp -R ./chalicelib/utils/{__init__,TimeUTC,pg_client,helper,event_filter_definition,dev,email_helper,email_handler,smtp,s3,metrics_helper}.py ./alerts/chalicelib/utils/
     # -- end of generated part
 
-    cp Dockerfile.alerts ./alerts/
+    cp -R ./{Dockerfile.alerts,requirements.txt} ./alerts/
     cd alerts
 }