diff --git a/tools/precommit/Dockerfile b/tools/precommit/Dockerfile
index 1a787b8a04..9fdb333dbc 100644
--- a/tools/precommit/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/precommit/Dockerfile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN=true && \
     git \
     less \
     npm \
+    make \
     python3 \
     python3-pip \
     python3-wheel \
diff --git a/tools/precommit/cloudbuild.yaml b/tools/precommit/cloudbuild.yaml
index c3fcad7dc3..2cf7b6709f 100644
--- a/tools/precommit/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/tools/precommit/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 steps:
 - name: 'gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker'
-  args: ["build", "--build-arg", "REVISION=$SHORT_SHA", "-t", "img_cp2kprecommit", "."]
+  args: ["build", "--build-arg", "REVISION=$SHORT_SHA", "-t", "img_cp2kprecommit", "./tools/precommit/"]
 
 - name: 'gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker'
   args: ["tag", "img_cp2kprecommit", "gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/img_cp2kprecommit:$SHORT_SHA"]