diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c27fc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+FROM python:2.7-slim
+
+RUN apt-get clean && apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+	git \
+	gcc \
+	libpng-dev \
+	libfreetype6-dev \
+	libopenblas-dev \
+	liblapack-dev \
+	libatlas-base-dev \
+	libssl-dev \
+	libhdf5-dev \
+	&& git clone --branch v2.3 --depth 1 \
+	http://jro-dev.igp.gob.pe/rhodecode/schain \
+	&& pip install numpy \
+	&& cd schain \
+	&& pip install . \
+	&& rm -rf * \
+	&& apt-get purge -y --auto-remove git gcc \
+	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+ENV BACKEND="Agg"
+
+VOLUME /data
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["schain"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 520f3a8..a04a8a8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,20 @@ $ source /path/to/virtual/bin/activate
 (virtual) $ bash link_PyQt4.sh
 ```
 
+### Docker
+
+Download Dockerfile from the repository, and create a docker image
+
+```
+$ docker build -t schain .
+```
+
+You can run a container using an xml file or a schain script also you need to mount a volume for the data input and for the output files/plots
+```
+$ docker run -it --rm --volume /path/to/host/data:/data schain xml /data/test.xml
+$ docker run -it --rm --volume /path/to/host/data:/data --entrypoint=/bin/python schain /data/test.py
+```
+
 ## First Script
 
 Read Spectra data (.pdata) - remove dc - plot spectra & RTI