diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aa177f19e42563eb87eb420389447b3b8bd11c91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!*.list
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3e66e1d5821e755498f864e372ae1dbe23c29414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+~*
+*~
+*.sw[op]
+*.py[cod]
+.DS_Store
+__pycache__/
+.vagrant/
+vendor/
+Thumbs.db
+*.retry
+.svn/
+.sass-cache/
+*.log
+*.out
+*.so
+node_modules/
+.npm/
+nbproject/
+*.ipynb
+.idea/
+*.egg-info/
+*.[ao]
+.classpath
+.cache/
+bower_components/
+*.class
+*.[ewj]ar
+secring.*
+.*.kate-swp
+.swp.*
+.directory
+.Trash-*
+build/
+_build/
+dist/
+.tox/
+*.pdf
+*.exe
+*.dll
+*.gz
+*.tgz
+*.tar
+*.rar
+*.zip
+*.pid
+*.lock
+*.env
+.bundle/
+!Pipfile.lock
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..db7ef4387fe2d671a0bb4e0df764be7747bb043d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# vim:ff=unix ts=2 sw=2 ai expandtab
+---
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v2.2.3
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-added-large-files
+      - id: check-merge-conflict
+      - id: detect-private-key
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+  - repo: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint
+    rev: v1.16.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: yamllint
+  - repo: https://github.com/amperser/proselint
+    rev: 0.10.2
+    hooks:
+      - id: proselint
+        types: [plain-text]
+        exclude: LICENSE
+  - repo: https://www.shore.co.il/git/docker-pre-commit
+    rev: v0.3.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: hadolint
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..558d4aae3964ac8cdfb6d2aed98e00d15b5a1d3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+FROM buildpack-deps:bionic
+RUN apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys BF36996C4E1F8A59
+COPY --chown=root:root *.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
+# hadolint ignore=DL3008,DL3015
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get dist-upgrade -y --auto-remove --purge && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y \
+        elementary-sdk \
+    && \
+    rm -rf /tmp/* /var/tmp/* /var/lib/apt/lists/* /var/cache/apt/archives/* /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..17196c5e9c0a73784b3bb2ba6299933de5c80980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2019 Adar Nimrod
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a18be7d5d5ac906ab3b060e5d5b981c179496ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Elementary OS build image
+
+> An Elementary OS image for building applications in a container.
+
+## License
+
+This software is licensed under the MIT license (see `LICENSE.txt`).
+
+## Author Information
+
+Nimrod Adar, [contact me](mailto:nimrod@shore.co.il) or visit my [website](
+https://www.shore.co.il/). Patches are welcome via [`git send-email`](
+http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Commands-Email). The repository is located
+at: <https://www.shore.co.il/git/>.
diff --git a/elementary.list b/elementary.list
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e68e12aeea4c0797ba07c6d8d2f8092c92206f8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elementary.list
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/stable/ubuntu bionic main
+deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/stable/ubuntu bionic main
diff --git a/patches.list b/patches.list
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3ef42e90b87651f2f04dcac09a23005ca396918c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches.list
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/os-patches/ubuntu bionic main
+deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/os-patches/ubuntu bionic main