diff --git a/container b/container
index 08873e84f..f1cc8379d 100755
--- a/container
+++ b/container
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ set -xe pipefail
 
 cd /freedombox/
 
+sudo apt-get -y install make
 sudo make provision-dev
 
 echo 'alias freedombox-develop="cd /freedombox; sudo -u plinth /freedombox/run --develop"' \