diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbc31e2a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+FROM ubuntu:18.04 as build
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y \
+        binutils-mips-linux-gnu \
+        bsdmainutils \
+        build-essential \
+        libaudiofile-dev \
+        pkg-config \
+        python3 \
+        wget \
+        zlib1g-dev
+
+RUN wget \
+        https://github.com/n64decomp/qemu-irix/releases/download/v2.11-deb/qemu-irix-2.11.0-2169-g32ab296eef_amd64.deb \
+        -O qemu.deb && \
+    echo 8170f37cf03a08cc2d7c1c58f10d650ea0d158f711f6916da9364f6d8c85f741 qemu.deb | sha256sum --check && \
+    dpkg -i qemu.deb && \
+    rm qemu.deb
+
+RUN mkdir /sm64
+WORKDIR /sm64
+ENV PATH="/sm64/tools:${PATH}"
+
+CMD echo 'usage: docker run --rm --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)",destination=/sm64 sm64 make VERSION=${VERSION:-us} -j4\n' \
+         'see https://github.com/n64decomp/sm64/blob/master/README.md for advanced usage'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 463b76a91..88d231c4b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,33 @@ A prior copy of the game is required to extract the required assets.
 
 ## Installation
 
+### Docker
+
+#### 1. Copy baserom(s) for asset extraction
+
+For each version (jp/us/eu) that you want to build a ROM for, put an existing ROM at
+`./baserom.<version>.z64` for asset extraction.
+
+#### 2. Create docker image
+
+```bash
+docker build -t sm64 .
+```
+
+#### 3. Build
+
+To build we simply have to mount our local filesystem into the docker container and build.
+
+```bash
+# for example if you have baserom.us.z64 in the project root
+docker run --rm --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)",destination=/sm64 sm64 make VERSION=us -j4
+
+# if your host system is linux you need to tell docker what user should own the output files
+docker run --rm --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)",destination=/sm64 --user $UID:$UID sm64 make VERSION=us -j4
+```
+
+Resulting artifacts can be found in the `build` directory.
+
 ### Linux
 
 #### 1. Copy baserom(s) for asset extraction