diff --git a/tesseract/Dockerfile b/tesseract/Dockerfile
index 5075f9d..03ce924 100644
--- a/tesseract/Dockerfile
+++ b/tesseract/Dockerfile
@@ -2,30 +2,28 @@
 # Dockerfile for tesseract
 #
 
-FROM alpine
+FROM debian:jessie
 MAINTAINER kev <noreply@datageek.info>
 
-RUN apk add -U autoconf \
-               automake \
-               build-base \
-               git \
-               libtool \
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y autoconf \
+                          build-essential \
+                          git \
+                          leptonica \
+                          leptonica-dev \
+                          libtool \
     && git clone https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract.git \
     && cd tesseract \
-    && wget http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/leptonica-1.72-r0.apk \
-    && wget http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/leptonica-dev-1.72-r0.apk \
-    && apk add leptonica-1.72-r0.apk leptonica-dev-1.72-r0.apk \
     && ./autogen.sh \
     && ./configure \
     && make install \
     && cd .. \
     && rm -rf tesseract /var/cache/apk/* \
-    && apk del autoconf \
-               automake \
-               build-base \
-               git \
-               leptonica-dev \
-               libtool
+    && apt-get purge --auto-remove -y autoconf \
+                                      build-essential \
+                                      git \
+                                      leptonica-dev \
+                                      libtool
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["tesseract"]
 CMD ["-h"]