diff --git a/packages/django_workload/install_django_workload_aarch64_ubuntu22.sh b/packages/django_workload/install_django_workload_aarch64_ubuntu22.sh
index f248a64e..a66334c9 100755
--- a/packages/django_workload/install_django_workload_aarch64_ubuntu22.sh
+++ b/packages/django_workload/install_django_workload_aarch64_ubuntu22.sh
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ cp "${TEMPLATES_DIR}/jvm.options" "${CASSANDRA_ROOT}/conf/jvm.options" || exit 1
 mkdir -p /data/cassandra/{commitlog,data,saved_caches,hints}/
 chmod -R 0700 /data/cassandra
 
+# Create logs directory for Cassandra GC logs
+mkdir -p "${CASSANDRA_ROOT}/logs"
+
 # Copy configurations
 cp "${TEMPLATES_DIR}/cassandra.yaml" "${CASSANDRA_ROOT}/conf/cassandra.yaml.template" || exit 1
 popd
@@ -232,6 +235,10 @@ pushd "${DJANGO_SERVER_ROOT}"
 # Ubuntu 22 comes with python3.10, so we use system python
 echo "Using system Python 3.10"
 
+# Create directory and symlink so the install marker check passes
+mkdir -p "${DJANGO_SERVER_ROOT}/Python-3.10.2/python-build/bin"
+ln -sf /usr/bin/python3.10 "${DJANGO_SERVER_ROOT}/Python-3.10.2/python-build/bin/python3.10"
+
 echo "CPython 3.10 ready"
 
 # =====================================================================
diff --git a/packages/django_workload/install_django_workload_x86_64_ubuntu22.sh b/packages/django_workload/install_django_workload_x86_64_ubuntu22.sh
index 6885f2ad..700da8a3 100755
--- a/packages/django_workload/install_django_workload_x86_64_ubuntu22.sh
+++ b/packages/django_workload/install_django_workload_x86_64_ubuntu22.sh
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ cp "${TEMPLATES_DIR}/jvm.options" "${CASSANDRA_ROOT}/conf/jvm.options" || exit 1
 mkdir -p /data/cassandra/{commitlog,data,saved_caches,hints}/
 chmod -R 0700 /data/cassandra
 
+# Create logs directory for Cassandra GC logs
+mkdir -p "${CASSANDRA_ROOT}/logs"
+
 # Copy configurations
 cp "${TEMPLATES_DIR}/cassandra.yaml" "${CASSANDRA_ROOT}/conf/cassandra.yaml.template" || exit 1
 popd
@@ -229,6 +232,11 @@ pushd "${DJANGO_SERVER_ROOT}"
 # Ubuntu 22 comes with python3.10, so we use system python
 echo "Using system Python 3.10"
 
+
+# Create directory and symlink so the install marker check passes
+mkdir -p "${DJANGO_SERVER_ROOT}/Python-3.10.2/python-build/bin"
+ln -sf /usr/bin/python3.10 "${DJANGO_SERVER_ROOT}/Python-3.10.2/python-build/bin/python3.10"
+
 echo "CPython 3.10 ready"
 
 # =====================================================================
diff --git a/packages/django_workload/templates/build_proxygen.sh b/packages/django_workload/templates/build_proxygen.sh
index b2a4202d..a948e985 100755
--- a/packages/django_workload/templates/build_proxygen.sh
+++ b/packages/django_workload/templates/build_proxygen.sh
@@ -542,6 +542,34 @@ function setup_wangle() {
   cd "$BWD" || exit
 }
 
+function setup_cares() {
+  CARES_DIR=$DEPS_DIR/c-ares
+  CARES_BUILD_DIR=$DEPS_DIR/c-ares/build/
+  CARES_TAG="v1.34.4"
+  if [ ! -d "$CARES_DIR" ] ; then
+    echo -e "${COLOR_GREEN}[ INFO ] Cloning c-ares repo ${COLOR_OFF}"
+    git clone https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares.git "$CARES_DIR"
+  fi
+  cd "$CARES_DIR"
+  git fetch --tags
+  git checkout "${CARES_TAG}"
+  echo -e "${COLOR_GREEN}Building c-ares ${COLOR_OFF}"
+  mkdir -p "$CARES_BUILD_DIR"
+  cd "$CARES_BUILD_DIR" || exit
+
+  cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo       \
+    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$DEPS_DIR"             \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$DEPS_DIR"          \
+    -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON        \
+    -DCARES_BUILD_TESTS=OFF                     \
+    -DCARES_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF                     \
+    ..
+  make -j "$JOBS"
+  make install
+  echo -e "${COLOR_GREEN}c-ares is installed ${COLOR_OFF}"
+  cd "$BWD" || exit
+}
+
 function setup_mvfst() {
   MVFST_DIR=$DEPS_DIR/mvfst
   MVFST_BUILD_DIR=$DEPS_DIR/mvfst/build/
@@ -672,6 +700,7 @@ setup_libaegis
 setup_fizz
 setup_wangle
 setup_mvfst
+setup_cares
 
 MAYBE_BUILD_FUZZERS=""
 MAYBE_USE_STATIC_DEPS=""