diff --git a/api/Dockerfile b/api/Dockerfile
index 5484373..3859494 100644
--- a/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/api/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache python3 make g++
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY package*.json ./
-RUN npm ci --omit=dev && npm rebuild better-sqlite3 --build-from-source
+# build_from_source tells prebuild-install to compile better-sqlite3 against
+# musl (Alpine) instead of downloading a prebuilt glibc binary
+RUN npm_config_build_from_source=true npm ci --omit=dev
 
 COPY . .