diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f2c44ebf718..11925c8014f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ This is the swagger codegen project, which allows generation of client libraries
 
 Check out [Swagger-Spec](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-spec) for additional information about the Swagger project, including additional libraries with support for other languages and more. 
 
+## Build and run using docker
+
+```
+git clone https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen
+
+cd swagger-codegen
+
+./run-in-docker.sh mvn package
+
+./run-in-docker.sh help
+ ```
+
 
 ## Compatibility
 The Swagger Specification has undergone 3 revisions since initial creation in 2010.  The swagger-codegen project has the following compatibilies with the swagger specification:
diff --git a/run-in-docker.sh b/run-in-docker.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6cb09f82c1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run-in-docker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+cd "$(dirname $BASH_SOURCE)"
+
+maven_cache_repo="$HOME/.m2/repository"
+
+if [ "$1" = "mvn" ]; then
+        cmd="$1"
+        shift
+        args="$@"
+else
+        cmd="java -jar /gen/modules/swagger-codegen-cli/target/swagger-codegen-cli.jar"
+        args="$@"
+fi
+
+mkdir -p "$maven_cache_repo"
+
+set -x
+
+docker run -it \
+        -w /gen \
+        -v "${PWD}:/gen" \
+        -v "${maven_cache_repo}:/root/.m2/repository" \
+        maven:3-jdk-7 $cmd $args