diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92ec26421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/.circleci
+/.github
+/build/*
+/extern/filecoin-ffi
+/Dockerfile*
+/docker-compose*
+/sentinel-visor
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c40afe1b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Builder
+FROM golang:1.15.2 as builder
+
+# Install deps for filecoin-project/filecoin-ffi
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get install -y jq mesa-opencl-icd ocl-icd-opencl-dev
+
+WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/filecoin-project/sentinel-visor
+COPY . /go/src/github.com/filecoin-project/sentinel-visor
+RUN make deps && make build
+
+# Runner
+FROM buildpack-deps:buster-curl
+# Grab the things
+COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/filecoin-project/sentinel-visor/sentinel-visor /usr/bin/
+COPY --from=builder /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libOpenCL.so* /lib/
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/sentinel-visor"]
+CMD ["--help"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 34fe7ab75..d19eb9278 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 PG_IMAGE?=postgres:10
 REDIS_IMAGE?=redis:6
+COMMIT := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 
 unexport GOFLAGS
 
@@ -70,6 +71,11 @@ sentinel-visor:
 
 BINS+=sentinel-visor
 
+.PHONY: docker-image
+docker-image:
+	docker build -t "filecoin/sentinel-visor" .
+	docker tag "filecoin/sentinel-visor:latest" "filecoin/sentinel-visor:$(COMMIT)"
+
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(CLEAN) $(BINS)
 	-$(MAKE) -C $(FFI_PATH) clean
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91f021c37..536aa26d8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ A **Visor** process collects _permanent_ Filecoin chain meterics from a [**Lotus
 
 ## Getting Started
 
+Clone the repo and build the dependencies:
+
+```console
+$ git clone git@github.com:filecoin-project/sentinel-visor.git
+$ cd sentinel-visor
+$ make deps
+```
+
+Build the `sentinel-visor` binary to the root of the project directory:
+
+```console
+$ make build
+```
+
 ### Usage
 
 ```
@@ -16,6 +30,11 @@ A **Visor** process collects _permanent_ Filecoin chain meterics from a [**Lotus
   Use 'sentinel-visor help <command>' to learn more about each command.
 ```
 
+Use the following env vars to configure the lotus node that visor reads from, and the database that it writes to:
+
+- `LOTUS_PATH` - path to the lotus data dir. _default: `~/.lotus`_
+- `LOTUS_DB` - database connection . _default: `postgres://postgres:password@localhost:5432/postgres?sslmode=disable`_
+
 ### Configuring Tracing
 
 The global flag `--tracing=<bool>` turns tracing on or off. It is on by default.