diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 440cb0183ae1..fc2915677762 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ FROM ubuntu:18.10
 WORKDIR /root/project
 COPY --from=0 /src/packages/server/cli-linux-x64 /usr/local/bin/code-server
 EXPOSE 8443
+
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
 	openssl \
-	net-tools
-RUN apt-get install -y locales && \
-	locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
+	net-tools \
+	git \
+	locales
+RUN locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
 # We unfortunately cannot use update-locale because docker will not use the env variables
 # configured in /etc/default/locale so we need to set it manually.
 ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8