diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 396a22d452..8c98b99e65 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # it will be more efficient to change the image.
 # See https://github.com/devcontainers/images/blob/main/src/ruby/history/
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/ruby:dev-3.2-buster
-RUN apt -y update && apt install -y vim curl gpg postgresql postgresql-contrib
+RUN apt -y update && apt install -y vim curl gpg postgresql postgresql-contrib chromium
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 87c12cd44b..ee345ad95f 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -16,5 +16,10 @@
     }
   },
 
+  // DOCKER env variable passed to Cuprite to enable --no-sandbox so Chrome can run in Docker
+  "remoteEnv": {
+    "DOCKER": "true"
+  },
+
   "postCreateCommand": ".devcontainer/post-create.sh"
  }