diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ae231e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Ignore everything
+**
+
+# Allow system files and directories
+!docker-utils/
+!system/
+!.htaccess
+!composer*
+!index.php
+
+# Allow content files and directories
+!cache/
+!content/
+!data/
+!media/
+!settings/
+!themes/
+
+# Ignore unnecessary files inside allowed directories below
+# This should go after the allowed directories
+# e.g. docker-utils/test.php
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 902f6fe..ae4f2a8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ system/vendor
 plugins/demo
 zips
 build.php
-node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
+node_modules
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e96f830
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+FROM php:8-apache
+
+# Install OS dependencies required
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get install git unzip zlib1g-dev libpng-dev -y
+
+# Adapt apache config
+RUN a2enmod rewrite \
+    && echo "ServerName 127.0.0.1" >> /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
+
+# Install PHP ext-gd
+RUN docker-php-ext-install gd
+
+# Copy app content
+# Use the .dockerignore file to control what ends up inside the image!
+WORKDIR /var/www/html
+COPY . .
+
+# Install server dependencies
+RUN chmod +x /var/www/html/docker-utils/install-composer && \
+    /var/www/html/docker-utils/install-composer && \
+    ./composer.phar update && \
+    chmod +x /var/www/html/docker-utils/init-server
+
+# Expose useful volumes (see documentation)
+VOLUME /var/www/html/settings
+VOLUME /var/www/html/media
+VOLUME /var/www/html/cache
+VOLUME /var/www/html/plugins
+
+# Create a default copy of content and theme in case of empty directories binding
+RUN mkdir -p /var/www/html/content.default/ && \
+    cp -R /var/www/html/content/* /var/www/html/content.default/ && \
+    mkdir -p /var/www/html/themes.default/ && \
+    cp -R /var/www/html/themes/* /var/www/html/themes.default/
+
+VOLUME /var/www/html/content
+VOLUME /var/www/html/themes
+
+# Inject default values if content and themes are mounted with empty directories, adjust rights and start the server
+CMD ["/var/www/html/docker-utils/init-server"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-utils/init-server b/docker-utils/init-server
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3bacd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-utils/init-server
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+find /var/www/html/content -type d -empty -exec cp -R /var/www/html/content.default/* /var/www/html/content \;
+find /var/www/html/themes -type d -empty -exec cp -R /var/www/html/themes.default/* /var/www/html/themes \;
+chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/
+apache2-foreground
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-utils/install-composer b/docker-utils/install-composer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..585031d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-utils/install-composer
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+EXPECTED_CHECKSUM="$(php -r 'copy("https://composer.github.io/installer.sig", "php://stdout");')"
+php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
+ACTUAL_CHECKSUM="$(php -r "echo hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php');")"
+
+if [ "$EXPECTED_CHECKSUM" != "$ACTUAL_CHECKSUM" ]
+then
+    >&2 echo 'ERROR: Invalid installer checksum'
+    rm composer-setup.php
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+php composer-setup.php --quiet
+RESULT=$?
+rm composer-setup.php
+exit $RESULT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 0fbd9ce..f2d899a 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Some plugin highlights are:
 If you run a linux system, then please double check that mod_rewrite and htaccess are active!!!
 
 ## Installation
+### Bare-metal installation
 
 Download TYPEMILL from the [TYPEMILL website](http://typemill.net), unzip the files and you are done.
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ If you did not use composer before, please go to the [composer website](http://g
 
 To run TYPEMILL on a **live** system, simply upload the files to your server
 
-## Make Folders Writable.
+#### Make Folders Writable.
 
 Make sure that the following folders and all their files are writable (permission 774 recursively):
 
@@ -67,6 +68,49 @@ Make sure that the following folders and all their files are writable (permissio
 
 You can use your ftp-software for that.
 
+### Docker installation
+> :warning: This image does not provide TLS support. It's perfect either for local use or behind your own proxy, you're advised.
+
+Clone and edit the config.example.php you find in this repository and move it as config.php
+```
+git clone git://github.com/trendschau/typemill.git
+cd typemill
+```
+
+Build your image locally
+```
+docker build -t typemill:local .
+```
+
+Run the docker image without persistence on port 8080
+```
+docker run -d --name typemill -p 8080:80 typemill:local
+```
+
+Run typemill with persistence
+```
+docker run -d \
+    --name=typemill \
+    -p 8080:80 \
+    -v $(pwd)/typemill_data/settings/:/var/www/html/settings/ \
+    -v $(pwd)/typemill_data/media/:/var/www/html/media/ \
+    -v $(pwd)/typemill_data/cache/:/var/www/html/cache/ \
+    -v $(pwd)/typemill_data/plugins/:/var/www/html/plugins/ \
+    -v $(pwd)/typemill_data/content/:/var/www/html/content/ \
+    -v $(pwd)/typemill_data/themes/:/var/www/html/themes/ \
+    typemill:local
+```
+
+#### Volumes
+
+- `settings` : persists users profiles, site configuration, etc. (empty by default)
+- `media` : persists media files (empty by default)
+- `cache` : persists cache files for performance purpose (optional and empty by default)
+- `plugins` : persists installed plugins (optional and empty by default)
+- `content` : persists content published (will be initialized with default examples if the binded volume is empty)
+- `themes` : persists installed themes (will be initialized with default examples if the binded volume is empty)
+
+
 ## Setup
 
 If you visit your website first, then you will be redirected to the `/setup` page. Please create an initial user and configure your system in the author panel.