diff --git a/projects/envoy/Dockerfile b/projects/envoy/Dockerfile
index c260f229b..ced1f9018 100644
--- a/projects/envoy/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/envoy/Dockerfile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install  \
 	build-essential \
 	openjdk-8-jdk   \
 	make            \
+    ninja-build     \
     curl            \
     autoconf        \
     libtool         \