diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5564bc045b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+# This program and the accompanying materials are made
+# available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+# which is available at:
+#
+#     https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+#
+# Contributors:
+#   Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation
+#
+
+---
+# some useful extensions to have
+vscode:
+  extensions:
+    - vscjava.vscode-java-pack
+    - eamodio.gitlens
+    - redhat.vscode-xml
+    - donjayamanne.githistory
+    - asciidoctor.asciidoctor-vscode
+
+# using prebuilds for the container
+github:
+  prebuilds:
+    # enable for the default branch (defaults to true)
+    master: true
+    # enable for all branches in this repo (defaults to false)
+    branches: false
+    # enable for pull requests coming from this repo (defaults to true)
+    pullRequests: true
+    # enable for pull requests coming from forks (defaults to false)
+    pullRequestsFromForks: true
+
+tasks:
+  - name: build all
+    init: mvn clean install
+  
+  - name: build all skipTests
+    command: mvn clean install -Dmaven.test.skip -DskipTests
+  
+  - name: doc-build kubernetes-maven-plugin
+    command: cd $GITPOD_REPO_ROOT/kubernetes-maven-plugin/doc && mvn clean -Phtml package -Dasciidoctor.outputHtmlDirectory='/var/www/html'
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aa28da17a7..4da9c0bd2e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Usage:
 ### 1.11-SNAPSHOT
 * Fix #1546: Migrate to JUnit5 testing framework
 * Fix #1935: `oc:remote-dev` goal / `ocRemoteDev` task have wrong log prefixes
+* Fix #1946: Initial support for Gitpod
 
 ### 1.10.1 (2022-11-16)
 * Fix #1915: Maven 3.6.3 is still supported
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63242b57a4..a71eee30b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 [![Twitter](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/jkubeio?style=social)](https://twitter.com/jkubeio)
 
 
+[![Open in Gitpod](https://gitpod.io/button/open-in-gitpod.svg)](https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/eclipse/jkube)
+
 <p align="center">
   <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/jkube/">
     <img src="./media/JKube-Logo-final-horizontal-color.png" alt="Eclipse JKube" title="The Eclipse JKube Logo"/>