diff --git a/configs/docker/build/Dockerfile b/configs/docker/build/Dockerfile
index 5bff3d1e00600fde722c8061d909fdbe179b749b..9202395d2e8d90abca5cf628690cbf47eba36553 100644
--- a/configs/docker/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/configs/docker/build/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ COPY ./installRPackages.txt /home
 COPY ./conda-env-py3EWS-withbuilds.yml .
 
 #install system packages
-RUN apt-get update;apt-get install --assume-yes wget emacs gdal-bin libgdal-dev build-essential gfortran zlib1g zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev apt-utils liblzma-dev libpcre++-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev default-jre lib32readline7 lib32readline6-dev openssh-server libfribidi-dev libfontconfig1-dev;
+RUN apt-get update;apt-get install --assume-yes wget emacs gdal-bin libgdal-dev build-essential gfortran zlib1g zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev apt-utils liblzma-dev libpcre++-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev default-jre lib32readline7 lib32readline6-dev openssh-server libfribidi-dev libfontconfig1-dev git;
 RUN echo "alias e='emacs -nw $1'" >> ~/.bashrc;
 #sets the timezone to London
 RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive TZ=Etc/UTC apt-get -y install tzdata