diff --git a/Dockerfile.compute-node b/Dockerfile.compute-node
index c18470c5e2..3a3dee8a8a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.compute-node
+++ b/Dockerfile.compute-node
@@ -415,6 +415,23 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install && \
     echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/kq_imcx.control
 
+#########################################################################################
+#
+# Layer "pg-cron-pg-build"
+# compile pg_cron extension
+#
+#########################################################################################
+FROM build-deps AS pg-cron-pg-build
+COPY --from=pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
+
+ENV PATH "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/:$PATH"
+RUN wget https://github.com/citusdata/pg_cron/archive/refs/tags/v1.5.2.tar.gz -O pg_cron.tar.gz && \
+    echo "6f7f0980c03f1e2a6a747060e67bf4a303ca2a50e941e2c19daeed2b44dec744 pg_cron.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
+    mkdir pg_cron-src && cd pg_cron-src && tar xvzf ../pg_cron.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C . && \
+    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) && \
+    make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) install && \
+    echo 'trusted = true' >> /usr/local/pgsql/share/extension/pg_cron.control
+
 #########################################################################################
 #
 # Layer "rust extensions"
@@ -529,6 +546,7 @@ COPY --from=plpgsql-check-pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
 COPY --from=timescaledb-pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
 COPY --from=pg-hint-plan-pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
 COPY --from=kq-imcx-pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
+COPY --from=pg-cron-pg-build /usr/local/pgsql/ /usr/local/pgsql/
 COPY pgxn/ pgxn/
 
 RUN make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) \