diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dockerfile
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+++ b/Dockerfile
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+# build target, used for building the binary, providing shared libraries and could be used as a development env
+FROM debian:bullseye-slim as build
+
+# install build dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install g++ make cmake libssl-dev
+
+# create flashmq user and group for runtime image below
+RUN useradd --system --shell /bin/false --user-group --no-log-init flashmq
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+COPY . .
+RUN ./build.sh
+
+
+# from scratch image is empty
+FROM scratch as run
+
+# set the user/group to flashmq and copy the passwd/group files from build to make that work
+USER flashmq:flashmq
+COPY --from=build /etc/passwd /etc/passwd
+COPY --from=build /etc/group /etc/group
+
+# copy in the shared libaries in use discovered using ldd on release binary
+COPY --from=build /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
+COPY --from=build /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2
+COPY --from=build /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.1
+COPY --from=build /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.1 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.1
+COPY --from=build /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
+COPY --from=build /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
+COPY --from=build /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
+COPY --from=build /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
+COPY --from=build /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6
+
+# copy in the FlashMQ binary itself
+COPY --from=build /usr/src/app/FlashMQBuildRelease/FlashMQ /bin/FlashMQ
+
+EXPOSE 1883
+CMD ["/bin/FlashMQ"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,4 +5,21 @@ FlashMQ is a light-weight MQTT broker/server, designed to take good advantage of
 
 Build with buid.sh.
 
+## Docker
+
+Official Docker images aren't available yet, but building your own Docker image can be done with the provided Dockerfile.
+
+```
+# build flashmq docker image
+docker build . -t halfgaar/flashmq
+
+# run using docker (with, as an example, a place for a config file (default
+# name flashmq.conf). Create extra volumes as you need, for the persistence DB
+# file, logs, password files, auth plugin, etc.
+docker run -p 1883:1883 -v /srv/flashmq/etc/:/etc/flashmq halfgaar/flashmq
+
+# for development you can target the build stage to get an image you can use for development
+docker build . --target=build
+```
+
 See [www.flashmq.org](https://www.flashmq.org)