diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 672d64c1c..da55b34c4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ WORKDIR    /prometheus
 
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/prometheus-src/prometheus" ]
 CMD        [ "-config.file=/prometheus.conf" ]
-RUN        apt-get update && apt-get install -yq make git curl sudo mercurial vim-common
+RUN        apt-get update && apt-get install -yq make git curl sudo mercurial vim-common gcc
 ADD        . /prometheus-src
 RUN        cd /prometheus-src && make tools binary
 ADD        ./documentation/examples/prometheus.conf /prometheus.conf