diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b2ae0063c..fca5f9803 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ FROM debian:wheezy
 RUN set -ex; \
     apt-get update -qq; \
     apt-get install -y \
-        python \
-        python-pip \
-        python-dev \
+        gcc \
+        make \
+        zlib1g \
+        zlib1g-dev \
+        libssl-dev \
         git \
         apt-transport-https \
         ca-certificates \
@@ -15,6 +17,37 @@ RUN set -ex; \
     ; \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Build Python 2.7.9 from source
+RUN set -ex; \
+    curl -LO https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.9/Python-2.7.9.tgz; \
+    tar -xzf Python-2.7.9.tgz; \
+    cd Python-2.7.9; \
+    ./configure --enable-shared; \
+    make; \
+    make install; \
+    cd ..; \
+    rm -rf /Python-2.7.9; \
+    rm Python-2.7.9.tgz
+
+# Make libpython findable
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib
+
+# Install setuptools
+RUN set -ex; \
+    curl -LO https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py; \
+    python ez_setup.py; \
+    rm ez_setup.py
+
+# Install pip
+RUN set -ex; \
+    curl -LO https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-7.0.1.tar.gz; \
+    tar -xzf pip-7.0.1.tar.gz; \
+    cd pip-7.0.1; \
+    python setup.py install; \
+    cd ..; \
+    rm -rf pip-7.0.1; \
+    rm pip-7.0.1.tar.gz
+
 ENV ALL_DOCKER_VERSIONS 1.6.0
 
 RUN set -ex; \