diff --git a/dev-containers/swift-container/.vscode/devContainer.json b/dev-containers/swift-container/.vscode/devContainer.json
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index 0000000000..fb1f2edd28
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+{
+	"dockerFile": "dev-container.dockerfile",
+	"extensions": [
+		"vknabel.vscode-swift-development-environment"
+	]
+}
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diff --git a/dev-containers/swift-container/.vscode/settings.json b/dev-containers/swift-container/.vscode/settings.json
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index 0000000000..044baa2c4e
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+++ b/dev-containers/swift-container/.vscode/settings.json
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+{
+    "swift.path.sourcekite": "/sourcekite/.build/x86_64-unknown-linux/release/sourcekite"
+}
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diff --git a/dev-containers/swift-container/dev-container.dockerfile b/dev-containers/swift-container/dev-container.dockerfile
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index 0000000000..e01ddc70a8
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+++ b/dev-containers/swift-container/dev-container.dockerfile
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+FROM swift:4.2.1
+
+# Install git
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install git
+
+# Install SourceKite, see https://github.com/vknabel/vscode-swift-development-environment/blob/master/README.md#installation
+RUN git clone https://github.com/jinmingjian/sourcekite.git
+RUN export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib/swift:/usr/lib
+RUN ln -s /usr/lib/libsourcekitdInProc.so /usr/lib/sourcekitdInProc
+RUN cd sourcekite && swift build -Xlinker -l:sourcekitdInProc -c release
+
+# cleanup
+RUN rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/dev-containers/swift-container/main.swift b/dev-containers/swift-container/main.swift
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+
+func say() {
+    print("Hello, world!");
+}
+
+say();
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