diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c01d4d8aad..832fafa76b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ provided at the download links. You will need the Python 3.6 version.
 
 To install Devito, including examples, tests and tutorial notebooks, 
 follow these simple passes:
-```
+
+```sh
 git clone https://github.com/opesci/devito.git
 cd devito
 conda env create -f environment.yml
@@ -39,6 +40,21 @@ source activate devito
 pip install -e .
 ```
 
+Alternatively, you can also install and run Devito via
+[Docker](https://www.docker.com/):
+
+```sh
+# get the code
+git clone https://github.com/opesci/devito.git
+cd devito
+
+# run the tests
+docker-compose run devito /tests
+
+# start a jupyter notebook server on port 8888
+docker-compose up devito
+```
+
 ## Examples
 
 At the core of the Devito API are the so-called `Operator` objects, which
@@ -80,11 +96,18 @@ Thread parallel execution via OpenMP can also be enabled by setting
 
 For the full list of available environment variables and their
 possible values, simply run:
-```
+
+```py
 from devito import print_defaults
 print_defaults()
 ```
 
+Or with Docker, run:
+
+```sh
+docker-compose run devito /print-defaults
+```
+
 ## Performance optimizations
 
 Devito supports two classes of performance optimizations, which are essential
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af958f6ef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+version: '2'
+
+services:
+
+  devito:
+
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
+
+    environment:
+      DEVITO_ARCH: gcc-4.9
+      DEVITO_OPENMP: 0
+
+    volumes:
+      - ./devito:/app/devito
+      - ./tests:/app/tests
+      - ./examples:/app/examples
+
+    ports:
+      - 8888:8888
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6341419358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+FROM python:3.6
+
+ADD ./requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt
+
+RUN python3 -m venv /venv && \
+    /venv/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip && \
+    /venv/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir jupyter && \
+    /venv/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir -r /app/requirements.txt
+
+ADD ./devito /app/devito
+ADD ./tests /app/tests
+ADD ./examples /app/examples
+
+ADD docker/run-jupyter.sh /jupyter
+ADD docker/run-tests.sh /tests
+ADD docker/run-print-defaults.sh /print-defaults
+ADD docker/entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.sh
+
+RUN chmod +x \
+    /print-defaults \
+    /jupyter \
+    /tests \
+    /docker-entrypoint.sh
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+ENV DEVITO_ARCH="gcc-4.9"
+ENV DEVITO_OPENMP="0"
+
+EXPOSE 8888
+ENTRYPOINT ["/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
+CMD ["/jupyter"]
diff --git a/docker/entrypoint.sh b/docker/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51eddd40f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+find /app -type f -name '*.pyc' -delete
+
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/docker/run-jupyter.sh b/docker/run-jupyter.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebb76d2aaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/run-jupyter.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+PYTHONPATH=/app /venv/bin/jupyter notebook --ip=0.0.0.0 --port=8888 --allow-root
diff --git a/docker/run-print-defaults.sh b/docker/run-print-defaults.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a47289150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/run-print-defaults.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+PYTHONPATH=/app /venv/bin/python -c "
+from devito import print_defaults;
+print_defaults();
+"
diff --git a/docker/run-tests.sh b/docker/run-tests.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b6c2cea42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/run-tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+PYTHONPATH=/app /venv/bin/python -m pytest tests/