diff --git a/bin/pandachi-install b/bin/pandachi-install
index 97d492e..92dc5ac 100755
--- a/bin/pandachi-install
+++ b/bin/pandachi-install
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ EOF
 ##
 ## We could need some docker-compose for some quick hacks
 ##
-pip install cffi==1.12.3 docker-compose
+apt-get install -y build-essential  </dev/null  # seems to require a C compiler
+pip install pip==19.3.1 cffi==1.12.3 subprocess32==3.5.4 texttable==1.6.2 \
+    git+https://github.com/0k/compose@run_ignore_orphans
 
 
 if [ "$DOMAIN" ]; then