diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f0a55963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+services:
+  docs:
+    image: python:3.8-alpine
+    command: sh -c "pip install -r requirements.txt && mkdocs serve -a 0.0.0.0:8000"
+    working_dir: /docs
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/docs
+    ports:
+      - 8000:8000
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diff --git a/docs/contributing_docs.md b/docs/contributing_docs.md
index 01e809629..e3c67d299 100644
--- a/docs/contributing_docs.md
+++ b/docs/contributing_docs.md
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ We publish our documentation using Netlify.
 * Set up a virtualenv and run `pip install -r requirements.txt` in the `testcontainers-dotnet` root directory.
 * Once Python dependencies have been installed, run `mkdocs serve` to start a local auto-updating MkDocs server.
 
+### Using Docker
+
+The root of the project contains a `compose.yml` file. Simply run `docker compose up` and access the docs at: `http://localhost:8000`.
+
 ### PR preview deployments
 
 Note that documentation for pull requests will automatically be published by Netlify as 'deploy preview'.