diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 80d53cf3f..82fb096a0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ Contribute
 * Send a pull request with your changes.
 * Provide a translation using Transifex_.
 
+Running example app with Docker
+----------------------------------
+
+Run the example app on port 8000::
+
+    docker-compose up -d example_app
+
 Running tests
 -------------
 This project aims for full code-coverage, this means that your code should be
@@ -32,6 +39,10 @@ covering all supported Python and Django version with::
 
     tox
 
+With docker run tests::
+
+    docker-compose run --rm cli bash -c "pip install -r requirements_dev.txt; make test"
+
 Releasing
 ---------
 The following actions are required to push a new version:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99eb326ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+FROM python:3
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+WORKDIR /code
+COPY requirements_dev.txt /code/
+COPY setup.py /code/
+COPY README.rst /code/
+RUN pip install .
+RUN pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
+COPY . /code/
+RUN example/manage.py migrate
+COPY . /code/
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..875c195ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+version: "3.9"
+
+x-base: &base
+    build: .
+    command: bash
+    volumes:
+      - .:/code
+
+services:
+  cli:
+    <<: *base
+  example_app:
+    <<: *base
+    command: example/manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"