diff --git a/docker/python-builder/scripts/assemble b/docker/python-builder/scripts/assemble
index 7add890d65..28907a0511 100755
--- a/docker/python-builder/scripts/assemble
+++ b/docker/python-builder/scripts/assemble
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function install_bindep {
         bindep -l newline >> /output/bindep/run.txt || true
         compile_packages=$(bindep -b compile || true)
         if [ ! -z "$compile_packages" ] ; then
-            apt-get install -y ${compile_packages}
+            DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y ${compile_packages}
         fi
     fi
 }