diff --git a/ckan/Dockerfile.dev b/ckan/Dockerfile.dev
index afff19a..fb72365 100644
--- a/ckan/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/ckan/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ENV APP_DIR=/srv/app \
     SRC_EXTENSIONS_DIR=/srv/app/src_extensions
 
 RUN echo ${TZ} > /etc/timezone && \
+    set -ex && apk --no-cache add sudo && \
     # Make sure both files are not exactly the same
     if ! [ /usr/share/zoneinfo/${TZ} -ef /etc/localtime ]; then cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/${TZ} /etc/localtime ; fi
 
@@ -57,12 +58,12 @@ RUN chmod +x ${APP_DIR}/start_ckan_development.sh
 
 # Apply any patches needed to CKAN core or any of the built extensions (not the
 # runtime mounted ones)
-# COPY patches ${APP_DIR}/patches
+COPY patches ${APP_DIR}/patches
 
-# RUN for d in $APP_DIR/patches/*; do \
-#     if [ -d $d ]; then \
-#     for f in `ls $d/*.patch | sort -g`; do \
-#     cd $SRC_DIR/`basename "$d"` && echo "$0: Applying patch $f to $SRC_DIR/`basename $d`"; patch -p1 < "$f" ; \
-#     done ; \
-#     fi ; \
-#     done
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+RUN for d in $APP_DIR/patches/*; do \
+    if [ -d $d ]; then \
+    for f in `ls $d/*.patch | sort -g`; do \
+    cd $SRC_DIR/`basename "$d"` && echo "$0: Applying patch $f to $SRC_DIR/`basename $d`"; patch -p1 < "$f" ; \
+    done ; \
+    fi ; \
+    done
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