diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/1604/basic.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/1604/basic.sh
index adc1e8098..6f358be1c 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/1604/basic.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/1604/basic.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ apt-fast install -y --no-install-recommends \
     libc++abi-dev \
     libcurl3 \
     libicu55 \
+    libpython2.7 \
+    libpython2.7-dev \
     libunwind8 \
     locales \
     netcat \
diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/swift.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/swift.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23dd0d063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/swift.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+################################################################################
+##  File:  swift.sh
+##  Desc:  Installs Swift
+################################################################################
+
+# Install # Install
+image_label="$(lsb_release -rs)"
+wget https://swift.org/builds/swift-5.1.5-release/ubuntu${image_label//./}/swift-5.1.5-RELEASE/swift-5.1.5-RELEASE-ubuntu$image_label.tar.gz
+tar xzf swift-5.1.5-RELEASE-ubuntu$image_label.tar.gz
+sudo mv swift-5.1.5-RELEASE-ubuntu$image_label /usr/share/swift
+sudo echo "PATH=/usr/share/swift/usr/bin:$PATH" | sudo tee -a /etc/environment
+source  ~/.bashrc
+
+# Run tests to determine that the software installed as expected
+echo "Testing to make sure that script performed as expected, and basic scenarios work"
+if ! command -v swift; then
+    echo "Swift was not installed"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Document what was added to the image
+echo "Lastly, documenting what we added to the metadata file"
+DocumentInstalledItem "$(swift --version)"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/images/linux/ubuntu1604.json b/images/linux/ubuntu1604.json
index e604b0581..78a0d8041 100644
--- a/images/linux/ubuntu1604.json
+++ b/images/linux/ubuntu1604.json
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/aws.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/build-essential.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/clang.sh",
+                "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/swift.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/cmake.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/docker-compose.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/docker-moby.sh",
diff --git a/images/linux/ubuntu1804.json b/images/linux/ubuntu1804.json
index 6396229d7..70ab724ab 100644
--- a/images/linux/ubuntu1804.json
+++ b/images/linux/ubuntu1804.json
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/aws.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/build-essential.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/clang.sh",
+                "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/swift.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/cmake.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/docker-compose.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/docker-moby.sh",