diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72bc2da8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+FROM gradle:latest as builder
+COPY . /dshackle
+WORKDIR /dshackle
+RUN gradle distZip
+RUN unzip /dshackle/build/distributions/dshackle-*-SNAPSHOT.zip -d /dshackle/app
+
+FROM openjdk:latest
+RUN microdnf install findutils
+COPY --from=builder /dshackle/app/dshackle-*-SNAPSHOT /app
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/app/bin/dshackle" ]
diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 8c618cab3..0dc96251e 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -338,6 +338,14 @@ gradle jib -Pdocker=gcr.io/myproject
 
 Gradle will prepare a Docker image and upload it to your custom Docker Registry at `gcr.io/myproject` (please change to address of your actual registry)
 
+==== Alternative: Build Docker image
+[source,bash]
+----
+docker build . -t myproject/dshackle:{version-short}
+----
+
+This enables you to build a Docker image without Gradle.
+
 ==== Architecture
 
 Dshackle is built using: