diff --git a/docker/dev.Dockerfile b/docker/dev.Dockerfile
index ac9128cde..da6a16009 100644
--- a/docker/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ RUN pip3 install \
     tox \
     decorator \
     dict2xml \
-    "pypdf2>=2.6.0"
+    "pypdf2>=2.6.0" && \
+    git config --global --add safe.directory /root/xml2rfc
 
 ENTRYPOINT bash