diff --git a/gj_common/Dockerfile b/gj_common/Dockerfile
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+FROM ubuntu:latest
+
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install -y build-essential libssl-dev autoconf git gettext
+RUN apt-get install -y zlib1g-dev vim
+RUN apt-get install -y clang cmake
+
+COPY ./build-libgit2.sh /
+RUN ./build-libgit2.sh
diff --git a/gj_common/build-libgit2.sh b/gj_common/build-libgit2.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eux
+
+LIBGIT2_VERSION="0.28.1"
+if [ ! -f "libgit2.tar.gz" ]; then
+    curl https://codeload.github.com/libgit2/libgit2/tar.gz/v${LIBGIT2_VERSION} -o libgit2.tar.gz
+fi
+
+tar -xzf libgit2.tar.gz
+cd libgit2-${LIBGIT2_VERSION}
+
+mkdir build
+cd build
+
+cmake ../ \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error executing cmake"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+cmake --build .
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error building"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+make install