diff --git a/front/Dockerfile b/front/Dockerfile
index 3d4c65e64..69771c326 100644
--- a/front/Dockerfile
+++ b/front/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 FROM node:9
 
+# needed to compile translations
+RUN curl -L -o /usr/local/bin/jq https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-1.5/jq-linux64 && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/jq
+
 EXPOSE 8080
 WORKDIR /app/
 ADD package.json .