diff --git a/Dockerfile.dev b/Dockerfile.dev
index d4177dbd..b84c11ee 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -12,9 +12,36 @@ ENV PATH $GOPATH/bin:$GOROOT/bin:$PATH
 
 WORKDIR /mint
 
-COPY . /mint
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -yq git jq curl
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -yq git jq && \
-    /mint/build/install.sh
+COPY run /mint/run
+
+COPY build/data/ /mint/build/data/
+RUN /mint/build/data/install.sh
+
+COPY build/cli/ /mint/build/cli/
+RUN /mint/build/cli/install.sh
+
+COPY build/go/ /mint/build/go/
+RUN /mint/build/go/install.sh
+
+COPY build/java/ /mint/build/java/
+RUN /mint/build/java/install.sh
+
+COPY build/py/ /mint/build/py/
+RUN /mint/build/py/install.sh
+
+COPY build/js/ /mint/build/js/
+RUN /mint/build/js/install.sh
+
+COPY build/php/ /mint/build/php/
+RUN /mint/build/php/install.sh
+
+COPY build/ruby/ /mint/build/ruby/
+RUN /mint/build/ruby/install.sh
+
+COPY run.sh /mint/run.sh
+COPY tests.sh /mint/tests.sh
 
 CMD ["/mint/run.sh", "/mint/tests.sh"]
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5ef1d00f..24af29d1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ $ cd mint
 $ docker build -t minio/mint .
 ```
 
+Developers can also customize `Dockerfile.dev` to generate smaller build images. For example, removing the following lines from `Dockerfile.dev` will avoid shipping Golang SDK tests in the image hence a faster build and tests execution time.
+
+```docker
+COPY build/go/ /mint/build/go/
+RUN /mint/build/go/install.sh
+```
+
 ### Build using Travis
 
 Each pull request when submitted to Github `travis-ci` runs build on mint to create new docker image on `play.minio.io`, our private docker registry. You can get the `mint` image associated with your pull request by just running `docker pull play.minio.io/mint:$PULL_REQUEST_SHA`