diff --git a/gns3server/compute/docker/__init__.py b/gns3server/compute/docker/__init__.py
index 7a31fb3b..1bcc5b56 100644
--- a/gns3server/compute/docker/__init__.py
+++ b/gns3server/compute/docker/__init__.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class Docker(BaseManager):
                                     f"{stdout.decode('utf-8', errors='ignore').strip()}")
                 except OSError as e:
                     raise DockerError(f"Could not install busybox: {e}")
-        raise DockerError("No busybox executable could be found")
+        raise DockerError("No busybox executable could be found, please install busybox (apt install busybox-static on Debian/Ubuntu) and make sure it is in your PATH")
 
     @staticmethod
     def resources_path():