diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00f75ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+FROM openjdk:8-jdk-alpine3.9
+RUN apk update and apk add
+RUN apk add --update maven
+
+RUN apk add --update git
+RUN git clone https://github.com/lajus/amie-utils
+RUN cd amie-utils/javatools/ && mvn install
+COPY ./. /
+CMD ["mvn", "clean", "install"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b0a501..1a7c6ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ AMIE is managed with [Maven](https://maven.apache.org/), therefore to deploy you
  * IDEs such as Eclipse offer the option to create a project from an existing Maven project. The IDE will call Maven to compile the code.
 3. Maven will generate an executable jar named amie3.jar in a new "bin/" directory. This executable accepts RDF files in TSV format [like this one](http://resources.mpi-inf.mpg.de/yago-naga/amie/data/yago2_sample/yago2core.10kseedsSample.compressed.notypes.tsv) as input, but also other format described below. To run it, just write in your comand line: 
 
+## Build  and test AMIE with docker 
+` docker build --no-cache -t  amie:latest -f  ./Dockerfile . `
+
+` docker run -it amie:latest mvn test `
+
 ## Publications 
 
 > Jonathan Lajus, Luis Galárraga, Fabian M. Suchanek: