diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e4a6dec22db4b30393e7e8beeee2c72849aecfd2..a7faf79030a4dba70b8e81877fd2f2edd8677462 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/default-jvm
 ENV PATH /usr/local/bin:$PATH
 ENV LEIN_ROOT 1
 
+ENV FC_LANG en-US
+ENV LC_CTYPE en_US.UTF-8
+
 # install core build tools
-RUN apk add --update nodejs git wget bash python make g++ java-cacerts && \
+RUN apk add --update nodejs git wget bash python make g++ java-cacerts ttf-dejavu fontconfig && \
     ln -sf "${JAVA_HOME}/bin/"* "/usr/bin/"
 
 # fix broken cacerts
diff --git a/bin/docker/Dockerfile b/bin/docker/Dockerfile
index c9db89b833f9aa85fda7a60e20a73e8c77da07cd..e8d212030399ab65eac318df3eb5ec44fbfbb00b 100644
--- a/bin/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/bin/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 FROM java:openjdk-8-jre-alpine
 
-# need bash
-RUN apk add --update bash
+ENV FC_LANG en-US
+ENV LC_CTYPE en_US.UTF-8
+
+# dependencies
+RUN apk add --update bash ttf-dejavu fontconfig
 
 # fix broken cacerts
 RUN apk add --update java-cacerts && \