This works on new :latest but the layer is 249MB

Dockerfile

@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
-FROM debian:jessie
+FROM debian:stable-20170620
 
 WORKDIR /build
 
-ENV BUILD_PACKAGES "build-essential git curl zlib1g-dev python"
+ENV BUILD_PACKAGES "build-essential git curl ca-certificates zlib1g-dev python"
 RUN apt-get update -y && \
-    apt-get install $BUILD_PACKAGES -y && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends $BUILD_PACKAGES && \
     git clone https://github.com/edenhill/kafkacat.git && \
     cd kafkacat && \
     ./bootstrap.sh && \
     make install && \
     cd .. && rm -rf kafkacat && \
-    AUTO_ADDED_PACKAGES=`apt-mark showauto` && \
-    apt-get remove --purge -y $BUILD_PACKAGES $AUTO_ADDED_PACKAGES && \
+    apt-get remove --purge -y $BUILD_PACKAGES && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["kafkacat"]