diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa8be62bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.git
+.github
+.gitignore
+
+Dockerfile
+target
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50f0f195a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+FROM rust:bookworm AS builder
+
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install -y build-essential libssl-dev pkg-config
+RUN apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler libprotobuf-dev
+RUN apt-get install -y clang-format clang-tidy \
+        clang-tools clang clangd libc++-dev \
+        libc++1 libc++abi-dev libc++abi1 \
+        libclang-dev libclang1 liblldb-dev \
+        libllvm-ocaml-dev libomp-dev libomp5 \
+        lld lldb llvm-dev llvm-runtime \
+        llvm python3-clang
+
+RUN cargo install wasm-pack
+RUN rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
+
+# TODO cache build dependencies
+COPY . /rusty-kaspa
+WORKDIR /rusty-kaspa
+RUN cargo build --release
+
+
+FROM debian:bookworm
+
+COPY --from=builder /rusty-kaspa/target/release/kaspad /usr/bin/
+COPY --from=builder /rusty-kaspa/target/release/kaspa-wallet /usr/bin/
+
+CMD kaspad
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be552c6780..a0daad6038 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -235,6 +235,22 @@ The framework is compatible with all major desktop and mobile browsers.
 </details>
 
 
+<details>
+<summary>Building on Docker</summary>
+
+You can also use Docker to build binaries.
+```
+docker build -t kaspa-rusty .
+```
+
+Then you can run kaspad using.
+```
+docker run --rm -it kaspa-rusty:latest
+```
+
+</details>
+
+
 ## Running the node
 
   **Start a mainnet node**