diff --git a/docker/dropshell_alpine_builder/Dockerfile b/docker/dropshell_alpine_builder/Dockerfile
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+FROM alpine:latest
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache \
+    build-base \
+    cmake \
+    git \
+    ncurses-dev \
+    pkgconfig \
+    tbb-dev \
+    xxhash-dev
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN rm -rf build
+
+CMD ["/bin/bash","-c","cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && make -j4 && cp build/dropshell /output/ && chmod a+rwx /output/dropshell"]
diff --git a/docker/dropshell_alpine_builder/build.sh b/docker/dropshell_alpine_builder/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+ROOT_DIR=$(dirname $(dirname $(dirname $SCRIPT_DIR)))
+
+echo "Building dropshell from $ROOT_DIR"
+
+docker build -t dropshell_alpine_builder -context $ROOT_DIR-f $SCRIPT_DIR/Dockerfile $SCRIPT_DIR
+
+rm -rf $SCRIPT_DIR/output
+mkdir -p $SCRIPT_DIR/output
+docker run -it -v $SCRIPT_DIR/output:/output dropshell_alpine_builder 
+
+chown $USER:$USER $SCRIPT_DIR/output/dropshell
+chmod og-w $SCRIPT_DIR/output/dropshell
+
+echo "dropshell built in $SCRIPT_DIR/output/dropshell"