diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bde396c948..8d45a45673 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -304,13 +304,13 @@ find-gitignores:
 
 build:
 	docker rm -f mayan-edms-build || true && \
-	docker run --rm --name mayan-edms-build -v $(HOME):/host_home:ro -v `pwd`:/host_source -w /source python:2-alpine3.7 /bin/busybox sh -c "\
+	docker run --rm --name mayan-edms-build -v $(HOME):/host_home:ro -v `pwd`:/host_source -w /source python:2-slim sh -c "\
 	rm /host_source/dist -R || true && \
 	mkdir /host_source/dist || true && \
-	export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 && \
+	export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 && \
 	cp -r /host_source/* . && \
-	apk update && \
-	apk add make && \
+	apt-get update && \
+	apt-get install -y make && \
 	pip install -r requirements/build.txt && \
 	make wheel && \
 	cp dist/* /host_source/dist/"