diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd24283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+ARG platformName=ubuntu
+ARG platformVersion=latest
+FROM ${platformName}:${platformVersion}
+
+ARG version
+ARG configure
+ARG build="--targets=*"
+
+ENV NORM_DIR=/norm-staging
+ENV NORM_BUILD=$NORM_DIR/build
+ENV WAF_CONFIGURE=${configure}
+ENV WAF_BUILD=${build}
+
+ADD ./ ${NORM_DIR}
+
+# Step 1: dependencies
+RUN VERSION=${version} ${NORM_DIR}/docker/setup.sh
+
+# Step 2: build
+RUN cd ${NORM_DIR} && ./waf ${WAF_BUILD}
+
+# Step 3: install
+RUN cd ${NORM_DIR} && ./waf install
+
+# Step 4: expose
+COPY ./docker/run.sh /usr/bin/run-norm-example
+ENTRYPOINT [ "run-norm-example" ]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5dbb6b6..d7e9a5e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,6 +99,37 @@ More info is available in the norp/doc directory, as well as the
 NORP website:  https://www.nrl.navy.mil/itd/ncs/products/norp
 
 
+
+Docker
+======
+A `Dockerfile` is provided to facilitate containerized NORM environment testing. Notable
+build arguments passed to `docker build` will influence how the image is created.
+
+- `platformName` represents the base image name (defaults to `ubuntu`)
+- `platformVersion` represents the tagged version for the base image (defaults to `latest`)
+- `version` is a 1:1 mapping to this repo's tag (defaults to `v1.5.9`)
+- `configure` is piped to `./waf configure` (defaults to "")
+- `build` is piped to `./waf` (defaults to `--targets=*`)
+
+Example usage:
+
+CentOS7 build
+```
+docker build --build-arg platformName=centos \
+  --build-arg platformVersion=7 \
+  --build-arg="--build-java" \
+  -t norm:centos-1.5.9 .
+```
+
+Running the data send and recv examples:
+```
+# Sender in one terminal
+docker run -it --rm --name norm-send <norm:image> normDataSend
+# Receiver in another terminal
+docker run -it --rm --name norm-recv <norm:image> normDataRecv
+```
+
+
 OTHER FILES:
 ============
 
@@ -115,6 +146,8 @@ VERSION.TXT             - NORM version history notes
 
 README.md               - this file
 
+docker                  - directory containing docker container support
+
 
 NOTES:
 ======
diff --git a/docker/run.sh b/docker/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..68e38f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+echo Running example $@
+
+exec "$NORM_BUILD/$@"
diff --git a/docker/setup.sh b/docker/setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ce5a76b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eux
+
+install_debian()
+{
+    apt-get update
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -yq \
+       python2.7 \
+       g++ \
+       libxml2-dev \
+       libnetfilter-queue-dev
+
+    ln -s /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python
+
+    if [ "$VERSION" != "" ]; then
+        apt-get install -yq git-core
+        cd $NORM_DIR && git checkout $VERSION && git submodule update --checkout --init --force
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "$WAF_CONFIGURE" =~ "java" && -z `which java` ]]; then
+        apt-get install -yq default-jdk-headless
+        export JAVA_HOME=$(readlink -f `which java` | sed 's/\/bin\/java//')
+    fi
+}
+
+install_redhat()
+{
+    yum update -y
+    yum install -y \
+      which \
+      centos-release-scl
+    yum install -y \
+      gcc-c++ \
+      libxml2-devel \
+      libnetfilter_queue-devel
+
+    if [ "$VERSION" != "" ]; then
+        yum install -y git
+        cd $NORM_DIR && git checkout $VERSION && git submodule update --checkout --init --force
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "$WAF_CONFIGURE" =~ "java" && -z `which java` ]]; then
+        yum install -y java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel
+        export JAVA_HOME=$(readlink -f `which java` | sed 's/\/jre\/bin\/java//')
+    fi
+}
+
+configure_norm()
+{
+    cd $NORM_DIR && ./waf configure ${WAF_CONFIGURE}
+}
+
+if [ ! -z `which apt` ]; then
+    install_debian
+elif [ ! -z $(which yum) ] || [ "$?" = "1" ]; then
+    install_redhat
+fi
+configure_norm