diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af223b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+FROM ubuntu:20.04 as build
+
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+RUN apt update
+RUN apt install -y cmake postgresql-server-dev-12 -y
+
+WORKDIR /build/
+COPY . /build/
+
+RUN cmake .
+
+FROM postgres:12
+
+COPY --from=build /build/libhamming.so /usr/lib/libhamming.so
+COPY install.sh /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init-user-db.sh
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 7da35f6..74961de 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-mv libhamming.so /usr/lib/
-
-USER=postgres
-DATABASE=imhashdb
 LIB_PATH="'/usr/lib/libhamming.so'"
 
-psql -U $USER $DATABASE <<EOF
+psql -U $POSTGRES_USER $POSTGRES_DB <<EOF
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION hash_is_within_distance8(bytea, bytea, integer) RETURNS boolean
      AS $LIB_PATH, 'hash_is_within_distance8' LANGUAGE C STRICT;
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION hash_is_within_distance32(bytea, bytea, integer) RETURNS boolean