diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Dockerfile for GNS3 server development
+
+FROM ubuntu:16.04
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+
+# Set the locale
+RUN locale-gen en_US.UTF-8  
+ENV LANG en_US.UTF-8  
+ENV LANGUAGE en_US:en  
+ENV LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8 
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y software-properties-common
+RUN add-apt-repository ppa:gns3/ppa
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    python3-pip \
+    python3-dev \ 
+    qemu-system-x86 \
+    qemu-system-arm \
+    qemu-kvm \
+    libvirt-bin \
+    x11vnc 
+
+# Install uninstall to install dependencies
+RUN apt-get install -y vpcs ubridge
+
+ADD . /server
+WORKDIR /server
+
+RUN pip3 install -r /server/requirements.txt
+
+EXPOSE 3080
+
+ENTRYPOINT python3 -m gns3server --local
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ To run tests use:
    py.test -v
 
 
+Docker container
+****************
+
+For development you can run the GNS3 server in a container
+
+.. code:: bash
+  docker build -t gns3-server .
+  docker run -i --expose=8001 -p 8001:8001/tcp -t gns3-server python3 -m gns3server --local --port 8001
+
+
 Run as daemon (Unix only)
 **************************