diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f097515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+FROM spack/ubuntu-jammy:latest
+
+# add Spack bin to the bash
+RUN echo 'alias spack=/opt/spack/bin/spack' >> /root/.bashrc
+
+# install latest pip2spack
+RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN python3 -m pip install pip2spack
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "--rcfile", "/etc/profile", "-l"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b94d773..4386726 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -35,5 +35,13 @@ build:
 	@echo "Building... Done"
 
 .PHONY: publish
-publish: clean format build
-	twine upload dist/*
\ No newline at end of file
+publish:
+	twine upload dist/*
+
+.PHONY: dbuild
+dbuild:
+	docker build -t pip2spack .
+
+.PHONY: drun
+drun:
+	docker run -it pip2spack