diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 866e1b2..9bdc79b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
         <hibernate.version>5.2.10.Final</hibernate.version>
         <javax.mail.version>1.4.7</javax.mail.version>
         <jackson.mapper.version>1.9.13</jackson.mapper.version>
+
+        <docker.registry.name></docker.registry.name><!-- leave empty for docker hub; use e.g. "localhost:5000/" for a local docker registry -->
+        <docker.repository.name>${docker.registry.name}phauer/${project.artifactId}</docker.repository.name>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -195,6 +198,30 @@
                     <outputFileType>implementationFile</outputFileType>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>com.spotify</groupId>
+                <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <imageName>docker.loafle.net/overflow/${project.artifactId}</imageName>
+                    <dockerDirectory>src/main/docker</dockerDirectory>
+                    <!-- optionally overwrite tags every time image is built with docker:build -->
+                    <forceTags>true</forceTags>
+                    <imageTags>
+                        <imageTag>${project.version}</imageTag>
+                        <imageTag>latest</imageTag>
+                    </imageTags>
+                    <resources>
+                        <resource>
+                            <targetPath>/</targetPath>
+                            <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
+                            <include>${project.build.finalName}.jar</include>
+                        </resource>
+                    </resources>
+                </configuration>
+
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/src/main/docker/Dockerfile b/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a36c0e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+FROM openjdk:8-jdk-alpine