diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a6fa30a3..38f14547 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM       ubuntu:13.10
 MAINTAINER Prometheus Team <prometheus-developers@googlegroups.com>
 
-RUN        apt-get update && apt-get install -yq curl git mercurial make
+RUN        apt-get update && apt-get install -yq curl git mercurial gcc
 RUN        curl -s https://go.googlecode.com/files/go1.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -C /usr/local -xzf -
 ENV        PATH    /usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
 ENV        GOPATH  /go