diff --git a/containers/debian/base.Dockerfile b/containers/debian/base.Dockerfile
index 33bfd226c1cb20ead0c5e4ffe0096ad974b8abd8..baa636ce2cbf6857ff7af57ecc5f517c770d7909 100644
--- a/containers/debian/base.Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/debian/base.Dockerfile
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ else
 fi
 # Install packages
 apt-get -yqq update
-apt-get -yqq install gcc${GCC} g++${GCC} gfortran${GCC}
+apt-get -yqq install cpp${GCC} gcc${GCC} g++${GCC} gfortran${GCC}
 apt-get -yqq install clang${CLANG} clang-tidy${CLANG} clang-format${CLANG} libclang${CLANG}-dev
 apt-get -yqq autoremove
 # Ensure alternatives without version tags