diff --git a/debian-bootstrap.sh b/debian-bootstrap.sh
index 26e1e62d..9d723b47 100755
--- a/debian-bootstrap.sh
+++ b/debian-bootstrap.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ apt-get install -y \
     build-essential \
     cmake \
     curl \
-    erlang-base \
     freeglut3-dev \
     freetds-dev \
     fsharp \
@@ -225,6 +224,15 @@ cd /tmp \
 echo "/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/amd64/server/" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/openjdk.conf \
     && ldconfig
 
+# Install erlang/otp platform and its dependencies
+ERLANG_VERSION="20.2.2"
+ERLANG_DEB_FILE="esl-erlang_${ERLANG_VERSION}-1~debian~jessie_amd64.deb"
+pushd /tmp \
+    && wget https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/erlang/esl-erlang/FLAVOUR_1_general/${ERLANG_DEB_FILE} \
+    && (dpkg -i ${ERLANG_DEB_FILE}; apt-get install -yf) \
+    && rm ${ERLANG_DEB_FILE} \
+    && popd
+
 # Install version 3 of the protobuf compiler.  (The `protobuf-compiler` package only
 # supports version 2.)
 curl -OL https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v3.3.0/protoc-3.3.0-linux-x86_64.zip \