diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6253b12..559fa8c 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+
+		<!--set this to your docker acct name-->
+		<docker.image.prefix>springframeworkguru</docker.image.prefix>
+
+		<!--Set to name of project-->
+		<docker.image.name>springbootdocker</docker.image.name>
+
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -52,6 +59,36 @@
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+				<artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>0.20.0</version>
+
+				<configuration>
+
+                    <!--<dockerHost>http://127.0.0.1:2375</dockerHost>-->
+                    <dockerHost>unix:///var/run/docker.sock</dockerHost>
+
+                    <verbose>true</verbose>
+					<images>
+						<image>
+							<name>${docker.image.prefix}/${docker.image.name}</name>
+							<build>
+								<dockerFileDir>${project.basedir}/src/main/docker/</dockerFileDir>
+
+                                <!--copies artficact to docker build dir in target-->
+								<assembly>
+									<descriptorRef>artifact</descriptorRef>
+								</assembly>
+								<tags>
+									<tag>latest</tag>
+									<tag>${project.version}</tag>
+								</tags>
+							</build>
+						</image>
+					</images>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 	
diff --git a/src/main/docker/Dockerfile b/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e16f2ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+FROM openjdk
+
+VOLUME /tmp
+ADD maven/spring-boot-docker-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar myapp.jar
+RUN sh -c 'touch /myapp.jar'
+ENTRYPOINT ["java","-Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom","-jar","/myapp.jar"]