diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ae9d5cf28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.appveyor
+.circleci
+.dockerignore
+.github
+.travis
+contrib
+docs
+examples
+integration_tests
+utils
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d541046e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+FROM ubuntu:16.04
+# This Dockerfile should follow the Travis configuration process
+# available here: https://github.com/opendatacube/datacube-core/blob/develop/.travis.yml
+
+# First add the NextGIS repo
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    python-software-properties \
+    software-properties-common \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN add-apt-repository ppa:nextgis/ppa
+
+# And now install apt dependencies, including a few of the heavy Python projects
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    gdal-bin libgdal-dev libgdal20 libudunits2-0 \
+    python3 python3-gdal python3-setuptools python3-dev python3-numpy python3-netcdf4 \
+    python3-pip \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Install psychopg2 as a special case, to quiet the warning message 
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache --no-binary :all: psycopg2
+
+# Get the code, and put it in /code
+ENV APPDIR=/code
+RUN mkdir -p $APPDIR
+COPY . $APPDIR
+WORKDIR $APPDIR
+
+# Set the locale, this is required for some of the Python packages
+ENV LC_ALL C.UTF-8
+
+# Install dependencies
+RUN pip3 install '.[test,analytics,celery,s3]' --upgrade
+RUN pip3 install ./tests/drivers/fail_drivers --no-deps --upgrade
+
+# Install ODC
+RUN python3 setup.py develop
+
+# Set up an entrypoint that drops environment variables into the config file
+RUN cp /code/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
+ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]
+
+CMD ["datacube","--help"]
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3343f71a82..1bb7b7d2f3 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -61,14 +61,70 @@ Developer setup
 
 5. **(or)** Run all tests, including integration tests.
 
-``./check-code.sh integration_tests``
+   ``./check-code.sh integration_tests``
+
+   -  Assumes a password-less Postgres database running on localhost called
 
--  Assumes a password-less Postgres database running on localhost called
    ``agdcintegration``
 
    -  Otherwise copy ``integration_tests/agdcintegration.conf`` to
       ``~/.datacube_integration.conf`` and edit to customise.
 
+Docker
+======
+
+Docker for OpenDataCube is in the early stages of development, and more documentation and examples of how 
+to use it will be forthcoming soon. For now, you can build and run this Docker image from 
+this repository as documented below.
+
+Example Usage
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+There are a number of environment variables in use that can be used to configure the OpenDataCube.
+Some of these are built into the application itself, and others are specific to Docker, and will 
+be used to create a configuration file when the container is launched.
+
+You can build the image with a command like this: 
+
+``docker build --tag opendatacube:local .``
+
+And it can then be run with this command:
+
+``docker run --rm opendatacube:local``
+
+If you don't need to build (and you shouldn't) then you can run it from a pre-built image with:
+
+``docker run --rm opendatacube/datacube-core``
+
+An example of starting a container with environment variables is as follows:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+   
+   docker run \
+      --rm \
+      -e DATACUBE_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/custom-config.conf \
+      -e DB_DATABASE=mycube \
+      -e DB_HOSTNAME=localhost \
+      -e DB_USERNAME=postgres \
+      -e DB_PASSWORD=secretpassword \
+      -e DB_PORT=5432 \
+      opendatacube/datacube-core
+
+
+This wont actually do anything, in order to make it work, you need an environment with Postgres, at least, and some scripts to index and possible ingest data.
+
+Environment Variables
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Most of the below environment variables should be self explanatory, and none are required (although
+it is recommended that you set them).
+
+- ``DATACUBE_CONFIG_PATH`` - the path for the config file for writing (also used by ODC for reading)
+- ``DB_DATABASE`` - the name of the postgres database
+- ``DB_HOSTNAME`` - the hostname of the postgres database
+- ``DB_USERNAME`` - the username of the postgres database
+- ``DB_PASSWORD`` - the password to used for the postgres database
+- ``DB_PORT`` - the port that the postgres database is exposed on
+
+
 .. |Build Status| image:: https://travis-ci.org/opendatacube/datacube-core.svg?branch=develop
    :target: https://travis-ci.org/opendatacube/datacube-core
 .. |Coverage Status| image:: https://coveralls.io/repos/opendatacube/datacube-core/badge.svg?branch=develop&service=github
diff --git a/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..84d4876da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+# usage: file_env VAR [DEFAULT]
+#    ie: file_env 'XYZ_DB_PASSWORD' 'example'
+# (will allow for "$XYZ_DB_PASSWORD_FILE" to fill in the value of
+#  "$XYZ_DB_PASSWORD" from a file, especially for Docker's secrets feature)
+# Copied from: https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/blob/master/10/docker-entrypoint.sh
+file_env() {
+	local var="$1"
+	local fileVar="${var}_FILE"
+	local def="${2:-}"
+	if [ "${!var:-}" ] && [ "${!fileVar:-}" ]; then
+		echo >&2 "error: both $var and $fileVar are set (but are exclusive)"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	local val="$def"
+	if [ "${!var:-}" ]; then
+		val="${!var}"
+	elif [ "${!fileVar:-}" ]; then
+		val="$(< "${!fileVar}")"
+	fi
+	export "$var"="$val"
+	unset "$fileVar"
+}
+
+# First set up the CONF_FILE environment variable
+file_env 'DATACUBE_CONFIG_PATH'
+if [ "$DATACUBE_CONFIG_PATH" ]; then
+    export CONF_FILE="$DATACUBE_CONFIG_PATH"
+else 
+    export CONF_FILE="$HOME/.datacube.conf"
+fi
+
+# Build Config file
+echo "[datacube]" > $CONF_FILE 
+
+file_env 'DB_DATABASE'
+if [ "$DB_DATABASE" ]; then
+    echo "db_database: $DB_DATABASE" >> $CONF_FILE 
+else
+    echo >&2
+    echo >&2 'Warning: missing DB_DATABASE environment variable'
+    echo >&2 '*** Using "datacube" as fallback. ***'
+    echo >&2
+    echo "db_database: datacube" >> $CONF_FILE 
+fi
+
+file_env 'DB_HOSTNAME'
+if [ "$DB_HOSTNAME" ]; then
+    echo "db_hostname: $DB_HOSTNAME" >> $CONF_FILE 
+fi
+
+file_env 'DB_USERNAME'
+if [ "$DB_USERNAME" ]; then
+    echo "db_username: $DB_USERNAME" >> $CONF_FILE 
+fi
+
+file_env 'DB_PASSWORD'
+if [ "$DB_PASSWORD" ]; then
+    echo "db_password: $DB_PASSWORD" >> $CONF_FILE
+fi
+
+file_env 'DB_PORT'
+if [ "$DB_PORT" ]; then
+    echo "db_port: $DB_PORT" >> $CONF_FILE
+fi
+
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/docs/about/whats_new.rst b/docs/about/whats_new.rst
index 2d989da8af..6ffb6c36e0 100644
--- a/docs/about/whats_new.rst
+++ b/docs/about/whats_new.rst
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ Next release
 
  - Added documentation about :ref:`bit-masking`.
 
+ - Added Dockerfile to enable with automated builds for a reference Docker image.
+
 .. _#298: https://github.com/opendatacube/datacube-core/pull/298
 .. _config docs: https://datacube-core.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ops/config.html#runtime-config-doc