diff --git a/linux/Dockerfile b/linux/Dockerfile
index f75db2c89..075fd26c8 100644
--- a/linux/Dockerfile
+++ b/linux/Dockerfile
@@ -1,30 +1,19 @@
-# USE ALPINE LINUX
-FROM alpine:edge
-RUN echo "https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/alpine-ghc/8.0" >> /etc/apk/repositories
-ADD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mitchty/alpine-ghc/master/mitch.tishmack%40gmail.com-55881c97.rsa.pub \
-    /etc/apk/keys/mitch.tishmack@gmail.com-55881c97.rsa.pub
-RUN apk update
-RUN apk add alpine-sdk git ca-certificates ghc cabal stack zlib-dev \
-    dpkg fakeroot sed gawk grep bash linux-headers
-RUN stack update
-RUN stack config set system-ghc --global true
+FROM debian:jessie-slim
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get -y install git ca-certificates zlib1g-dev curl \
+    dpkg fakeroot sed gawk grep bash xz-utils make build-essential clang \
+    libgmp-dev
+RUN curl -L https://www.stackage.org/stack/linux-x86_64 | tar xz --wildcards --strip-components=1 -C /usr/bin '*/stack'
 RUN mkdir -p /etc/stack
-RUN echo "build: { split-objs: true }" > /etc/stack/config.yaml
+#RUN echo "build: { split-objs: true }" > /etc/stack/config.yaml
 RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/
 WORKDIR /usr/src/
 RUN git clone https://github.com/jgm/pandoc
 WORKDIR /usr/src/pandoc
+RUN stack setup
 RUN stack install --stack-yaml stack.pkg.yaml --only-dependencies \
     --flag 'pandoc:embed_data_files' \
-    --ghc-options '-O2 -optc-Os -optl=-pthread -optl=-static -fPIC' \
     pandoc pandoc-citeproc
 CMD git pull && \
     git checkout -b work $TREE && \
-    stack install --stack-yaml stack.pkg.yaml \
-      --flag 'pandoc:static' \
-      --flag 'pandoc:embed_data_files' \
-      --ghc-options '-O2 -optc-Os -optl=-pthread -optl=-static -fPIC' \
-      --local-bin-path /artifacts \
-      pandoc pandoc-citeproc && \
-    bash linux/make_deb.sh && \
-    bash linux/make_tarball.sh
+    ARTIFACTS=/artifacts sh make_linux.sh
diff --git a/linux/Dockerfile.alpine b/linux/Dockerfile.alpine
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f75db2c89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# USE ALPINE LINUX
+FROM alpine:edge
+RUN echo "https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/alpine-ghc/8.0" >> /etc/apk/repositories
+ADD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mitchty/alpine-ghc/master/mitch.tishmack%40gmail.com-55881c97.rsa.pub \
+    /etc/apk/keys/mitch.tishmack@gmail.com-55881c97.rsa.pub
+RUN apk update
+RUN apk add alpine-sdk git ca-certificates ghc cabal stack zlib-dev \
+    dpkg fakeroot sed gawk grep bash linux-headers
+RUN stack update
+RUN stack config set system-ghc --global true
+RUN mkdir -p /etc/stack
+RUN echo "build: { split-objs: true }" > /etc/stack/config.yaml
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/
+WORKDIR /usr/src/
+RUN git clone https://github.com/jgm/pandoc
+WORKDIR /usr/src/pandoc
+RUN stack install --stack-yaml stack.pkg.yaml --only-dependencies \
+    --flag 'pandoc:embed_data_files' \
+    --ghc-options '-O2 -optc-Os -optl=-pthread -optl=-static -fPIC' \
+    pandoc pandoc-citeproc
+CMD git pull && \
+    git checkout -b work $TREE && \
+    stack install --stack-yaml stack.pkg.yaml \
+      --flag 'pandoc:static' \
+      --flag 'pandoc:embed_data_files' \
+      --ghc-options '-O2 -optc-Os -optl=-pthread -optl=-static -fPIC' \
+      --local-bin-path /artifacts \
+      pandoc pandoc-citeproc && \
+    bash linux/make_deb.sh && \
+    bash linux/make_tarball.sh
diff --git a/linux/Makefile b/linux/Makefile
index 4e8eeb00a..cec1db797 100644
--- a/linux/Makefile
+++ b/linux/Makefile
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ REVISION?=1
 
 build:
 	mkdir -p $(ARTIFACTS)
-	docker build -t alpine-pandoc .
+	docker build -t debian-pandoc .
 	docker run --env TREE=$(TREE) --env REVISION=$(REVISION) \
-	    -v $(ARTIFACTS):/artifacts alpine-pandoc
+	    -v $(ARTIFACTS):/artifacts debian-pandoc
 
 interact:
 	docker run --env TREE=$(TREE) --env REVISION=$(REVISION) \
-		-v $(ARTIFACTS):/artifacts -it alpine-pandoc bash
+		-v $(ARTIFACTS):/artifacts -it debian-pandoc bash
 
 setup:
-	docker pull alpine:edge
+	docker pull debian:jessie
 
 .PHONY: build setup interact
diff --git a/linux/make_linux.sh b/linux/make_linux.sh
index fdc21ed41..90e84d06a 100644
--- a/linux/make_linux.sh
+++ b/linux/make_linux.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
-ARTIFACTS=`pwd`/linux/artifacts
+ARTIFACTS=?`pwd`/linux/artifacts
 
 mkdir -p $ARTIFACTS
 stack clean