diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index cf03b0678e..46dd4dbcba 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,14 +3,10 @@ FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
+COPY . /pi-gen/
+
 RUN apt-get -y update && \
-    apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends \
-        git vim parted \
-        quilt coreutils qemu-user-static debootstrap zerofree zip dosfstools \
-        libarchive-tools libcap2-bin rsync grep udev xz-utils curl xxd file kmod bc \
-        binfmt-support ca-certificates fdisk gpg pigz arch-test \
+    apt-get install -y $(sed "s/.*://g" /pi-gen/depends) && \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-COPY . /pi-gen/
-
 VOLUME [ "/pi-gen/work", "/pi-gen/deploy"]
diff --git a/depends b/depends
index acbb5cde9a..e26ec702da 100644
--- a/depends
+++ b/depends
@@ -20,3 +20,8 @@ bc
 gpg
 pigz
 arch-test
+udev
+binfmt-support
+ca-certificates
+fdisk
+bmap-tools