diff --git a/src/docker/templates/image.js b/src/docker/templates/image.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a64bd14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/docker/templates/image.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// npm packages
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+// template name
+exports.name = 'image';
+
+// function to check if the template fits this recipe
+exports.checkTemplate = async ({config}) => {
+  // if project has image field defined in config
+  try {
+    return config.image && config.image.length;
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false;
+  }
+};
+
+// function to execute current template
+exports.executeTemplate = async ({config, username, tempDockerDir, folder, resultStream, util, docker}) => {
+  // build docker image
+  try {
+    const {image, imageFile} = config;
+    util.writeStatus(resultStream, {message: `Deploying project from image: ${image}..`, level: 'info'});
+
+    // import from tar if needed
+    if (imageFile && imageFile.length) {
+      util.writeStatus(resultStream, {message: `Importing image from file: ${imageFile}..`, level: 'info'});
+      // get packed stream
+      const tarStream = fs.createReadStream(path.join(tempDockerDir, folder, imageFile));
+      const importRes = await docker.daemon.loadImage(tarStream, {tag: image});
+      util.logger.debug('Import result:', importRes);
+    }
+
+    // start image
+    const container = await docker.start({image, username, folder, resultStream});
+    util.logger.debug(container);
+
+    // return new deployments
+    util.writeStatus(resultStream, {message: 'Deployment success!', deployments: [container], level: 'info'});
+    resultStream.end('');
+  } catch (e) {
+    util.logger.debug('build failed!', e);
+    util.writeStatus(resultStream, {message: e.error, error: e.error, log: e.log, level: 'error'});
+    resultStream.end('');
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/docker/templates/index.js b/src/docker/templates/index.js
index 222afbc..7112e5a 100644
--- a/src/docker/templates/index.js
+++ b/src/docker/templates/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const {extensionsFolder} = require('../../config');
 
 // hard-coded templates
+const imageTemplate = require('./image');
 const composeTemplate = require('./compose');
 const dockerfileTemplate = require('./dockerfile');
 const nodeTemplate = require('./node');
@@ -23,5 +24,5 @@ module.exports = () => {
     return require(templatePath);
   });
 
-  return [composeTemplate, dockerfileTemplate, nodeTemplate, nginxTemplate].concat(userTemplates);
+  return [imageTemplate, composeTemplate, dockerfileTemplate, nodeTemplate, nginxTemplate].concat(userTemplates);
 };
diff --git a/test/deploy.test.js b/test/deploy.test.js
index 96da5d3..a87a918 100644
--- a/test/deploy.test.js
+++ b/test/deploy.test.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const docker = require('../src/docker/docker');
 const {initNetwork} = require('../src/docker/network');
 
 // create tar streams
+const streamDockerImage = tar.pack(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'docker-image-project'));
 const streamDocker = tar.pack(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'docker-project'));
 const streamNode = tar.pack(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'node-project'));
 const streamNodeLock = tar.pack(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'node-lock-project'));
@@ -111,6 +112,52 @@ test('Should deploy simple docker project', async done => {
   done();
 });
 
+test('Should deploy simple project from image and image tar', async done => {
+  const options = Object.assign(optionsBase, {
+    payload: streamDockerImage,
+  });
+
+  const response = await fastify.inject(options);
+  // parse result into lines
+  const result = response.payload
+    .split('\n')
+    .filter(l => l && l.length)
+    .map(line => JSON.parse(line));
+
+  // find deployments
+  const completeDeployments = result.find(it => it.deployments && it.deployments.length).deployments;
+
+  // check response
+  expect(response.statusCode).toEqual(200);
+  expect(completeDeployments.length).toEqual(1);
+  expect(completeDeployments[0].Name.startsWith('/exo-test-image-')).toBeTruthy();
+
+  // check docker services
+  const allContainers = await docker.listContainers();
+  const containerInfo = allContainers.find(c => c.Names.includes(completeDeployments[0].Name));
+  const name = completeDeployments[0].Name.slice(1);
+
+  expect(containerInfo).toBeDefined();
+  expect(containerInfo.Labels['exoframe.deployment']).toEqual(name);
+  expect(containerInfo.Labels['exoframe.user']).toEqual('admin');
+  expect(containerInfo.Labels['exoframe.project']).toEqual('test-image-project');
+  expect(containerInfo.Labels['traefik.backend']).toEqual(`${name}.test`);
+  expect(containerInfo.Labels['traefik.docker.network']).toEqual('exoframe');
+  expect(containerInfo.Labels['traefik.enable']).toEqual('true');
+  expect(containerInfo.NetworkSettings.Networks.exoframe).toBeDefined();
+
+  const containerData = docker.getContainer(containerInfo.Id);
+  const container = await containerData.inspect();
+  expect(container.NetworkSettings.Networks.exoframe.Aliases.includes('testimage')).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(container.HostConfig.RestartPolicy).toMatchObject({Name: 'no', MaximumRetryCount: 0});
+
+  // cleanup
+  const instance = docker.getContainer(containerInfo.Id);
+  await instance.remove({force: true});
+
+  done();
+});
+
 test('Should deploy simple node project', async done => {
   const options = Object.assign(optionsBase, {
     payload: streamNode,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/docker-image-project/Dockerfile b/test/fixtures/docker-image-project/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abf700e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/docker-image-project/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FROM busybox
+
+CMD ["sleep", "300"]
diff --git a/test/fixtures/docker-image-project/exoframe.json b/test/fixtures/docker-image-project/exoframe.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed8869e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/docker-image-project/exoframe.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "name": "test-docker-image-deploy",
+  "hostname": "testimage",
+  "project": "test-image-project",
+  "restart": "no",
+  "image": "exo-test-image",
+  "imageFile": "image.tar"
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/docker-image-project/image.tar b/test/fixtures/docker-image-project/image.tar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..835046b
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