diff --git a/api/Dockerfile b/api/Dockerfile
index 8b2acf1f7..7e99cc457 100644
--- a/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/api/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM python:3.10-alpine
 LABEL Maintainer="Rajesh Rajendran<rjshrjndrn@gmail.com>"
 LABEL Maintainer="KRAIEM Taha Yassine<tahayk2@gmail.com>"
-RUN apk add --no-cache nodejs npm tini
+RUN apk add --no-cache build-base nodejs npm tini
 ARG envarg
 # Add Tini
 # Startup daemon
diff --git a/api/Dockerfile.alerts b/api/Dockerfile.alerts
index 70879cae8..062a1cb3a 100644
--- a/api/Dockerfile.alerts
+++ b/api/Dockerfile.alerts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM python:3.10-alpine
 LABEL Maintainer="Rajesh Rajendran<rjshrjndrn@gmail.com>"
 LABEL Maintainer="KRAIEM Taha Yassine<tahayk2@gmail.com>"
-RUN apk add --no-cache tini
+RUN apk add --no-cache build-base tini
 ARG envarg
 ENV APP_NAME=alerts \
     pg_minconn=2 \
diff --git a/api/Dockerfile.alerts.dockerignore b/api/Dockerfile.alerts.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3539023b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/Dockerfile.alerts.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# ignore .git and .cache folders
+.git
+.cache
+**/build.sh
+**/build_*.sh
+**/*deploy.sh
+
+app.py
+entrypoint_alerts.sh
+requirements.txt
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