diff --git a/apps/swh-base/Dockerfile b/apps/swh-base/Dockerfile
index 48ae84b1bf775f62ebf960b33ae91a0a4577831c..aba1e4d1d30e27350b33db0cc229613da32621e3 100644
--- a/apps/swh-base/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/swh-base/Dockerfile
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ ARG configdir=/etc/${user}
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get upgrade -y && \
     apt-get install -y git sed \
-      gzip lzip zstd cpio && \
+      gzip lzip zstd cpio \
+      less && \
     apt-get clean && \
     addgroup --gid ${userid} ${user} && \
     useradd --gid ${groupid} --uid ${userid} -m -d ${workdir} ${user} && \