diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ee92f9fc013..228796e56be 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -86,9 +86,8 @@ install :
 	# See https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/4537.
 	python setup.py install_egg_info
 	pip install --upgrade --upgrade-strategy eager -e . -r dev-requirements.txt
-	# Docs are not built on docker, and the runner is unable to find
-	# the nltk_data folder. Hence, we download the requirement.
-	python -c 'import nltk; nltk.download("wordnet")'
+	# These nltk packages are used by the 'checklist' module.
+	python -c 'import nltk; [nltk.download(p) for p in ("wordnet", "wordnet_ic", "sentiwordnet")]'
 #
 # Documention helpers.
 #