diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# set base image
+FROM python:3.7-slim
+
+# set the working directory in the container
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# install fawkes
+RUN pip install fawkes
+
+# downgrade h5py: https://github.com/Shawn-Shan/fawkes/issues/75
+RUN pip install --upgrade h5py==2.10.0
+
+# copy the files you want to edit with fawkes
+COPY imgs imgs
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -62,6 +62,17 @@ pip install fawkes
 
 If you don't have root privilege, please try to install on user namespace: `pip install --user fawkes`.
 
+## Installation and Usage with Docker
+
+- clone this repository: `git clone [url]`
+- go into cloned repository: `cd fawkes`
+- create `/imgs` folder in root folder: `mkdir imgs`
+- build docker image in root folder: `docker build -t fawkes .`
+- run container: `docker run -it fawkes sh`
+- run your fawkes command, e.g. `fawkes -d ./imgs --mode min`
+- exit from your container: `exit`
+- find your container id: `docker container ls --all`
+- copy the created data to your local machine: `docker cp [container-id]:/app/imgs ~/output-from-fawkes`
 
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