diff --git a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile
index da744cbcd..c0e729f6f 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -2,8 +2,15 @@ FROM ubuntu:16.04
 MAINTAINER firmament-dev@camsas.org
 
 RUN apt-get -y update
-RUN apt-get -y install git-core build-essential make && git clone https://github.com/camsas/firmament /firmament
-RUN bash -c 'source /firmament/include/pkglist.Ubuntu-16.04 && apt-get -y install ${BASE_PKGS} ${COMPILER_PKGS} ${GOOGLE_PKGS} ${BOOST_PKGS} ${MISC_PKGS} ${HDFS_PKGS} ${PION_PKGS}'
+RUN apt-get --no-install-recommends -y install git-core build-essential make && git clone https://github.com/camsas/firmament /firmament
+RUN bash -c 'source /firmament/include/pkglist.Ubuntu-16.04 && apt-get --no-install-recommends -y install ${BASE_PKGS} ${COMPILER_PKGS} ${GOOGLE_PKGS} ${BOOST_PKGS} ${MISC_PKGS} ${HDFS_PKGS} ${PION_PKGS}'
 RUN mkdir /var/log/firmament && cd /firmament && make && cd build && make -j12
 COPY firmament-default.conf /firmament/default.conf
-RUN apt-get clean
+RUN apt-get clean \
+    && rm -rf \
+        /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+        /tmp/* \
+        /var/tmp/* \
+        /usr/share/man \
+        /usr/share/doc \
+        /usr/share/doc-base