diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index f91d81a..411ac67 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,52 +1,58 @@
 FROM python:3.7
 
 RUN . /etc/os-release && echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt ${VERSION_CODENAME}-pgdg main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list && \
-  wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | apt-key add -
+  wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | apt-key add - && \
+  echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nodejs-archive-keyring.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_12.x ${VERSION_CODENAME} main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodejs.list && \
+  curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key | gpg --dearmor > /usr/share/keyrings/nodejs-archive-keyring.gpg && \
+  echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/yarnpkg-archive-keyring.gpg] https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarnpkg.list && \
+  curl -fsSL https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | gpg --dearmor > /usr/share/keyrings/yarnpkg-archive-keyring.gpg
 
 RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
   apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && \
   apt-get install -y \
     libapr1-dev \
     libaprutil1-dev \
     libpq-dev \
     libsvn-dev \
     libsystemd-dev \
     memcached \
     postgresql-client-12 \
     wait-for-it \
     ngrep \
-    rsync && \
+    rsync \
+    nodejs \
+    yarn && \
   apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     r-base-core \
     r-cran-jsonlite && \
   apt-get clean && \
   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN useradd -md /srv/softwareheritage -s /bin/bash swh
 USER swh
 
 RUN python3 -m venv /srv/softwareheritage/venv
 ENV PATH="/srv/softwareheritage/venv/bin:${PATH}"
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
 RUN pip install gunicorn httpie
 
 RUN pip install \
         swh-core[db,http] \
         swh-counters \
         swh-deposit[server] \
         swh-indexer \
         swh-journal \
         swh-lister \
         swh-loader-core \
         swh-loader-git \
         swh-loader-mercurial \
         swh-loader-svn \
         swh-storage \
         swh-objstorage \
         swh-scheduler \
         swh-vault \
         swh-web
 
 COPY utils/*.sh /srv/softwareheritage/utils/
 RUN mkdir -p /srv/softwareheritage/objects
 RUN rm -rd /srv/softwareheritage/.cache
diff --git a/docker/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh b/docker/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh
index d1e1df1..2d0ef86 100755
--- a/docker/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,48 +1,57 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 set -e
 
 create_admin_script="
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model;
 
 username = 'admin';
 password = 'admin';
 email = 'admin@swh-web.org';
 
 User = get_user_model();
 
 if not User.objects.filter(username = username).exists():
     User.objects.create_superuser(username, email, password);
 "
 
 source /srv/softwareheritage/utils/pgsql.sh
 setup_pgsql
 
 source /srv/softwareheritage/utils/pyutils.sh
 setup_pip
 
 case "$1" in
     "shell")
         exec bash -i
         ;;
      *)
         echo "Starting memcached"
         memcached&
 
         wait_pgsql
 
+        # when overriding swh-web sources only
+        if [[ -d /src/swh-web ]] ; then
+            echo "Install and compile swh-web static assets"
+            pushd /src/swh-web
+            yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+            yarn build-dev
+            popd
+        fi
+
         echo "Migrating db using ${DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE}"
         django-admin migrate --settings=${DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE}
 
         echo "Creating Django admin user"
         echo "$create_admin_script" | python3 -m swh.web.manage shell
 
         echo "starting the swh-web server"
         exec gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:5004 \
              --threads 2 \
              --workers 2 \
              --timeout 3600 \
              --access-logfile '-' \
              --config 'python:swh.web.gunicorn_config' \
              'django.core.wsgi:get_wsgi_application()'
 esac