diff --git a/sgx-jvm/Makefile b/sgx-jvm/Makefile
index a11c60182f..436a11994e 100644
--- a/sgx-jvm/Makefile
+++ b/sgx-jvm/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ jdk8u:
 	git clone -b deterministic-jvm8 --single-branch https://github.com/corda/openjdk $@
 
 $(JDK_IMAGE): jdk8u
-	cd jdk8u && $(SHELL) ./configure && $(MAKE) JOBS=2 images docs
+	cd jdk8u && \
+		ALSA_NOT_NEEDED=yes CUPS_NOT_NEEDED=yes FREETYPE_NOT_NEEDED=yes \
+		PULSE_NOT_NEEDED=yes X11_NOT_NEEDED=yes $(SHELL) ./configure && \
+		$(MAKE) JOBS=2 images docs
 
 linux-sgx/external/ippcp_internal/inc:
 	cd linux-sgx && $(SHELL) ./download_prebuilt.sh
diff --git a/sgx-jvm/dependencies/README.md b/sgx-jvm/dependencies/README.md
index 1c42406d6a..e16398cab2 100644
--- a/sgx-jvm/dependencies/README.md
+++ b/sgx-jvm/dependencies/README.md
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ Some dependencies are still required to be installed, these are specified in `do
 ```bash
 $ docker build -t minimal docker-minimal # builds a Docker image using docker-minimal/
 $ bash build_in_image.sh minimal # Runs the build inside the `minimal` image
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/sgx-jvm/dependencies/docker-minimal/Dockerfile b/sgx-jvm/dependencies/docker-minimal/Dockerfile
index 27de27d65d..4de99cea0b 100644
--- a/sgx-jvm/dependencies/docker-minimal/Dockerfile
+++ b/sgx-jvm/dependencies/docker-minimal/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 FROM ubuntu:xenial
 
 RUN apt-get update -y
-RUN apt-get install -y make gcc autoconf cmake g++ openjdk-8-jdk libtool ocaml python2.7
-RUN apt-get install -y mercurial wget
+RUN apt-get install -y \
+    autoconf ccache cmake cpio g++ gcc git libtool make \
+    ocaml openjdk-8-jdk python2.7 unzip wget zip
+
 ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64