From 18db53c96667438156074aa2c60bd8deb16e2de6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tomi Turtiainen <10324676+tomi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:22:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] build: Install build tools for isolated-vm rebuild in n8n
 Docker image (#26809)

---
 docker/images/n8n/Dockerfile | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docker/images/n8n/Dockerfile b/docker/images/n8n/Dockerfile
index 39edf9dcb86..a0de102e7a7 100644
--- a/docker/images/n8n/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/images/n8n/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 ARG NODE_VERSION=24.13.1
 ARG N8N_VERSION=snapshot
 
+# Rebuild native addons for the container platform. The base image has no
+# package manager or build tools, so we compile in a throwaway builder stage.
+FROM node:${NODE_VERSION}-alpine AS builder
+COPY ./compiled /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n
+RUN apk add --no-cache python3 make g++ && \
+    cd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n && \
+    npm rebuild sqlite3 isolated-vm
+
 FROM n8nio/base:${NODE_VERSION}
 
 ARG N8N_VERSION
@@ -11,12 +19,10 @@ ENV SHELL=/bin/sh
 
 WORKDIR /home/node
 
-COPY ./compiled /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n
 COPY docker/images/n8n/docker-entrypoint.sh /
 
-RUN cd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n && \
-    npm rebuild sqlite3 isolated-vm && \
-    ln -s /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/bin/n8n /usr/local/bin/n8n && \
+RUN ln -s /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/bin/n8n /usr/local/bin/n8n && \
     mkdir -p /home/node/.n8n && \
     chown -R node:node /home/node && \
     rm -rf /root/.npm /tmp/*