diff --git a/cognee-mcp/README.md b/cognee-mcp/README.md
index d14bc9fa1..9ac8b4973 100644
--- a/cognee-mcp/README.md
+++ b/cognee-mcp/README.md
@@ -110,6 +110,47 @@ If you'd rather run cognee-mcp in a container, you have two options:
       # For stdio transport (default)
       docker run -e TRANSPORT_MODE=stdio --env-file ./.env --rm -it cognee/cognee-mcp:main
       ```
+      
+      **Installing optional dependencies at runtime:**
+      
+      You can install optional dependencies when running the container by setting the `EXTRAS` environment variable:
+      ```bash
+      # Install a single optional dependency group at runtime
+      docker run \
+        -e TRANSPORT_MODE=http \
+        -e EXTRAS=aws \
+        --env-file ./.env \
+        -p 8000:8000 \
+        --rm -it cognee/cognee-mcp:main
+      
+      # Install multiple optional dependency groups at runtime (comma-separated)
+      docker run \
+        -e TRANSPORT_MODE=sse \
+        -e EXTRAS=aws,postgres,neo4j \
+        --env-file ./.env \
+        -p 8000:8000 \
+        --rm -it cognee/cognee-mcp:main
+      ```
+      
+      **Available optional dependency groups:**
+      - `aws` - S3 storage support
+      - `postgres` / `postgres-binary` - PostgreSQL database support
+      - `neo4j` - Neo4j graph database support
+      - `neptune` - AWS Neptune support
+      - `chromadb` - ChromaDB vector store support
+      - `scraping` - Web scraping capabilities
+      - `distributed` - Modal distributed execution
+      - `langchain` - LangChain integration
+      - `llama-index` - LlamaIndex integration
+      - `anthropic` - Anthropic models
+      - `groq` - Groq models
+      - `mistral` - Mistral models
+      - `ollama` / `huggingface` - Local model support
+      - `docs` - Document processing
+      - `codegraph` - Code analysis
+      - `monitoring` - Sentry & Langfuse monitoring
+      - `redis` - Redis support
+      - And more (see [pyproject.toml](https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/blob/main/pyproject.toml) for full list)
 2. **Pull from Docker Hub** (no build required):
    ```bash
    # With HTTP transport (recommended for web deployments)
@@ -119,6 +160,17 @@ If you'd rather run cognee-mcp in a container, you have two options:
    # With stdio transport (default)
    docker run -e TRANSPORT_MODE=stdio --env-file ./.env --rm -it cognee/cognee-mcp:main
    ```
+   
+   **With runtime installation of optional dependencies:**
+   ```bash
+   # Install optional dependencies from Docker Hub image
+   docker run \
+     -e TRANSPORT_MODE=http \
+     -e EXTRAS=aws,postgres \
+     --env-file ./.env \
+     -p 8000:8000 \
+     --rm -it cognee/cognee-mcp:main
+   ```
 
 ### **Important: Docker vs Direct Usage**
 **Docker uses environment variables**, not command line arguments:
diff --git a/cognee-mcp/entrypoint.sh b/cognee-mcp/entrypoint.sh
index 2f122bbfd..cf7d19f0a 100644
--- a/cognee-mcp/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/cognee-mcp/entrypoint.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,42 @@ set -e  # Exit on error
 echo "Debug mode: $DEBUG"
 echo "Environment: $ENVIRONMENT"
 
+# Install optional dependencies if EXTRAS is set
+if [ -n "$EXTRAS" ]; then
+    echo "Installing optional dependencies: $EXTRAS"
+    
+    # Get the cognee version that's currently installed
+    COGNEE_VERSION=$(uv pip show cognee | grep "Version:" | awk '{print $2}')
+    echo "Current cognee version: $COGNEE_VERSION"
+    
+    # Build the extras list for cognee
+    IFS=',' read -ra EXTRA_ARRAY <<< "$EXTRAS"
+    # Combine base extras from pyproject.toml with requested extras
+    ALL_EXTRAS=""
+    for extra in "${EXTRA_ARRAY[@]}"; do
+        # Trim whitespace
+        extra=$(echo "$extra" | xargs)
+        # Add to extras list if not already present
+        if [[ ! "$ALL_EXTRAS" =~ (^|,)"$extra"(,|$) ]]; then
+            if [ -z "$ALL_EXTRAS" ]; then
+                ALL_EXTRAS="$extra"
+            else
+                ALL_EXTRAS="$ALL_EXTRAS,$extra"
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+    
+    echo "Installing cognee with extras: $ALL_EXTRAS"
+    echo "Running: uv pip install 'cognee[$ALL_EXTRAS]==$COGNEE_VERSION'"
+    uv pip install "cognee[$ALL_EXTRAS]==$COGNEE_VERSION"
+    
+    # Verify installation
+    echo ""
+    echo "✓ Optional dependencies installation completed"
+else
+    echo "No optional dependencies specified"
+fi
+
 # Set default transport mode if not specified
 TRANSPORT_MODE=${TRANSPORT_MODE:-"stdio"}
 echo "Transport mode: $TRANSPORT_MODE"