diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ebac296a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.git
+docs
+docker
+
+# ignore all the markdown
+*.md
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7b8e523d..f9eb1dd1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
 
 # Install build deps
 RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential pkg-config
+RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential pkg-config libpq-dev
 RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip
 RUN pip install wheel