diff --git a/Earthfile b/Earthfile
index ca980143f3f..ba5a728c1fb 100644
--- a/Earthfile
+++ b/Earthfile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ bootstrap-noir-bb:
     git remote add origin https://github.com/aztecprotocol/aztec-packages >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
     (git fetch --depth 1 origin $EARTHLY_GIT_HASH >/dev/null 2>&1 || (echo "The commit was not pushed, run aborted." && exit 1)) &&
     git reset --hard FETCH_HEAD >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
+    ./build-images/adhoc-installs.sh &&
     DENOISE=1 CI=1 ./noir/bootstrap.sh fast &&
     DENOISE=1 CI=1 ./barretenberg/bootstrap.sh fast &&
     mv $(ls -A) /usr/src'
diff --git a/build-images/adhoc-installs.sh b/build-images/adhoc-installs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..b31d0cb5ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-images/adhoc-installs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# The correct action to take in case of a missing installation is to update the build images.
+# However, they will not be updated automatically going forward.
+# If unable to ping Charlie or Adam to update the AMIs that have the build image (along with the build images themselves)
+# this is a reasonable temporary measure.
+set -eu
+apt update
+# for docs:
+apt install -y libvips-dev
diff --git a/docs/.rebuild_patterns b/docs/.rebuild_patterns
index f84dde35f91..20450911c85 100644
--- a/docs/.rebuild_patterns
+++ b/docs/.rebuild_patterns
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ^docs/src
 ^docs/scripts
 ^docs/static
-^docs/*.js
-^docs/*.json
\ No newline at end of file
+^docs/.*\.js
+^docs/.*\.json