diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FROM node:8.10-alpine
+
+ARG AWS_CLI_VERSION=1.16.86
+
+RUN apk --update add python py-pip bash make imagemagick && \
+    pip --no-cache-dir install awscli==$AWS_CLI_VERSION
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ put on AWS S3 bucket, this package will resize/reduce it and put to S3.
 ## Requirements
 
 - Node.js ( AWS Lambda supports versions of **6.10** and **8.10** )
+- **OR** Docker
 
 ## Preparation
 
@@ -141,6 +142,19 @@ npm run test-config
 
 ## Installation
 
+### Docker
+
+To avoid installation you may run all the commands from a docker container that has all dependencies installed.
+
+The following command will build the docker image from the Dockerfile and tag it with `aws-lambda-image:latest`
+```bash
+docker build -t aws-lambda-image:latest .
+```
+The following command will run the docker image in a container called lambda-img and also mounts your user home to the containers ~/ so that you may reuse the aws credentials on your host in ~/.aws
+```bash
+docker run -v ~/:/root --name lambda-img -it aws-lambda-image:latest bash
+```
+
 ### Setup
 
 To use the automated deployment scripts you will need to have