diff --git a/tests/docker/languages/Dockerfile.testing.python.numpy.cpython_2_7_15 b/tests/docker/languages/Dockerfile.testing.python.numpy.cpython_2_7_15
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..718c5ac5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docker/languages/Dockerfile.testing.python.numpy.cpython_2_7_15
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+FROM python:2.7.15-slim-stretch as base
+WORKDIR /code
+ADD . .
+RUN cp flatc_debian_stretch flatc
+WORKDIR /code/tests
+RUN python --version
+RUN pip install numpy
+RUN pip install coverage
+RUN ./PythonTest.sh
diff --git a/tests/docker/languages/Dockerfile.testing.python.numpy.cpython_3_7_1 b/tests/docker/languages/Dockerfile.testing.python.numpy.cpython_3_7_1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1de2c2680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docker/languages/Dockerfile.testing.python.numpy.cpython_3_7_1
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+FROM python:3.7.1-slim-stretch as base
+WORKDIR /code
+ADD . .
+RUN cp flatc_debian_stretch flatc
+WORKDIR /code/tests
+RUN python --version
+RUN pip install numpy
+RUN pip install coverage
+RUN ./PythonTest.sh
diff --git a/tests/py_test.py b/tests/py_test.py
index ee2fb36ba..f811214e8 100644
--- a/tests/py_test.py
+++ b/tests/py_test.py
@@ -2368,6 +2368,13 @@ def main():
 
     kwargs = dict(argv=sys.argv[:-3])
 
+    # show whether numpy is present, as it changes the test logic:
+    try:
+        import numpy
+        print('numpy available')
+    except ImportError:
+        print('numpy not available')
+
     # run tests, and run some language comparison checks if needed:
     success = backward_compatible_run_tests(**kwargs)
     if success and os.environ.get('COMPARE_GENERATED_TO_GO', 0) == "1":