diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..3e4e48b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e2bd56f..be245d1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@
 .coverage
 /*.md
 /.eggs/
-/devel/
\ No newline at end of file
+/devel/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8fd5dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+FROM python:3.10-slim
+
+LABEL org.label-schema.schema-version="1.0"
+LABEL org.label-schema.vendor="Tiara Rodney (victoryk.it)"
+LABEL org.label-schema.name="victorykit/httpaste"
+LABEL org.label-schema.description="a versatile HTTP pastebin"
+LABEL org.label-schema.vcs-url="https://bitbucket.org/victorykit/docker-selenium-grid"
+LABEL org.label-schema.docker.cmd="docker run {image-id} {httpaste-args}"
+LABEL org.label-schema.version=$BUILD_VERSION
+LABEL org.label-schema.build-date=$BUILD_DATE
+
+WORKDIR /usr/local/src/httpaste
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y libffi-dev gcc && \
+    python3 setup.py install && \
+    apt-get remove -y libffi-dev gcc && apt-get autoremove -y && apt-get clean -y
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["httpaste"]
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 28b7f1d..c1f0e88 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ deps =
 commands =
     python3 -m build {posargs}
 
+[testenv:build-docker]
+description = build docker image
+passenv = 
+    DOCKER_*
+allowlist_externals =
+    docker
+    sh
+commands = 
+    docker image build -t victorykit/httpaste .
 
 [testenv:docs]
 description = build documentation