diff --git a/docker-compose/lofar-device-base/Dockerfile b/docker-compose/lofar-device-base/Dockerfile
index fc53c93bf68a8bc8d9e868e0fd860857e2f56633..98ec3363dbb9ab26d4f10c4ece335cd55e10ac11 100644
--- a/docker-compose/lofar-device-base/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker-compose/lofar-device-base/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 ARG SOURCE_IMAGE
 FROM ${SOURCE_IMAGE}
 
+# What how tango ignores all of this anyway...
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ARG DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN=true
+RUN echo 'debconf debconf/frontend select Noninteractive' | debconf-set-selections
+
 RUN sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y git g++ gcc shellcheck graphviz python3-dev libboost-python-dev libtango-dev pkg-config && sudo apt-get clean