diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8f584b8109..92d35e7d9a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Builder
-FROM node:10 as builder
+FROM node:12 as builder
 
 # Support custom branches of the react-sdk and js-sdk. This also helps us build
 # images of riot-web develop.
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ ARG REACT_SDK_BRANCH="master"
 ARG JS_SDK_REPO="https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk.git"
 ARG JS_SDK_BRANCH="master"
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git dos2unix
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git dos2unix \
+# These packages are required for building Canvas on architectures like Arm
+# See https://www.npmjs.com/package/canvas#compiling
+  build-essential libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev libjpeg-dev libgif-dev librsvg2-dev
 
 WORKDIR /src