diff --git a/dockerfiles/swh-web/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/swh-web/Dockerfile
--- a/dockerfiles/swh-web/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/swh-web/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 FROM python:3
 
+RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | bash -
+
 RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
   apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && \
-  apt-get install -y libsystemd-dev && \
+  apt-get install -y libsystemd-dev nodejs && \
   apt-get clean && \
   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
diff --git a/dockerfiles/swh-web/entrypoint.sh b/dockerfiles/swh-web/entrypoint.sh
--- a/dockerfiles/swh-web/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/dockerfiles/swh-web/entrypoint.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 echo Installed Python packages:
 pip list
 
+SWH_WEB_PATH=$(python3 -c 'import os.path, swh.web; print(os.path.dirname(swh.web.__file__))')
+cd $SWH_WEB_PATH
+npm install
+npm run build-dev
+
 if [ "$1" = 'shell' ] ; then
     exec bash -i
 else