diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..399d8c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+_site
+.git
+.github
+.vscode
+*.prof
+/dist
+gojekyll
+gojekyll-race
+coverage.out
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ace420f..1080219 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 _site
-/gojekyll
 *.prof
-coverage.out
 /dist
-gojekyll-race
+/gojekyll
+/gojekyll-race
+coverage.out
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0693876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+FROM golang:1.8.3-alpine
+
+ADD . /go/src/github.com/osteele/gojekyll
+
+RUN \
+  apk add --update gcc g++ git make python py-pip && \
+  pip install Pygments && \
+  cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/osteele/gojekyll && \
+  go get -v && \
+  make install && \
+  rm -rf /var/cache/apk/* && \
+  rm -rf $GOPATH/src/*
+
+EXPOSE 4000
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/go/bin/gojekyll"]
+
+CMD [ "--help" ]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ce9f07..04569ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ Pre-requisites:
 1. **Install go** (1) via [Homebrew](https://brew.sh): `brew install go`; or (2) [download](https://golang.org/doc/install#tarball).
 2. [Optional] To use the `{% highlight %}` tag, you also need [Pygments](http://pygments.org): `pip install Pygments`.
 
-
 First-time install:
 
 ```bash