diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cb205e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+plugin
diff --git a/.githooks/pre-commit b/.githooks/pre-commit
index 48e4f2a..d5ac5da 100755
--- a/.githooks/pre-commit
+++ b/.githooks/pre-commit
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ if [[ "$BRANCH" != "master" ]]; then
 fi
 
 files=(
+  "Dockerfile"
+  ".dockerignore"
   ".githooks"
   ".gitignore"
   "init.lua"
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee3e2dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+FROM alpine:edge
+
+COPY . /root/.config/nvim
+
+WORKDIR /project
+
+RUN apk --no-cache add git neovim bash nodejs npm ripgrep alpine-sdk shfmt black py3-pip && \
+  npm install -g pyright bash-language-server dockerfile-language-server-nodejs prettier @fsouza/prettierd && \
+  pip install proselint
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["bash"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4b3e261..dbec233 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,36 @@ mkdir -p ~/.local/share/nvim && rm -r ~/.local/share/nvim
 git clone https://github.com/jrodal98/nvim ~/.config/nvim
 ```
 
+## Docker
+
+### Build instructions
+
+First, build a base image
+
+```
+docker build . -t ghcr.io/jrodal98/nvim:<version>
+```
+
+Next, run a container
+
+```
+docker run -it --rm --name nvim_docker_base ghcr.io/jrodal98/nvim:<version>
+```
+
+Finally, we must manually complete the build, due to issues with running packer headless.
+
+1. Run `nvim`, which will trigger the initial packersync (you may see errors - this is okay)
+2. Close nvim and then run `nvim` again
+3. Wait for all the treesitter and mason LSP configs to download
+4. Outside of the container, open another terminal and run this to save the image: `docker container commit --change='ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/nvim"]' nvim_docker_base ghcr.io/jrodal98/nvim:<version>`
+
+To upload it to ghcr without a github action...
+
+1. `docker login ghcr.io`
+2. enter github username and access token
+4. `docker tag ghcr.io/jrodal98/nvim:<version> ghcr.io/jrodal98/nvim:latest`
+5. `docker push ghcr.io/jrodal98/nvim:latest`
+
 ## Inspiration
 
 - [nvim-basic-ide](https://github.com/LunarVim/nvim-basic-ide)