diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 553f454d..37aef8fb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ composer.lock
 *.orig
 *.bak
 core
+.idea
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31d9865d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+FROM ubuntu:22.04
+
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+ENV PHP_VERSION="8.3"
+ENV LANG en_US.UTF-8
+ENV LC_ALL en_US.UTF-8
+
+RUN apt update -y && apt -y install git curl locales doxygen
+
+RUN echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" > /etc/locale.gen && \
+    locale-gen en_US.UTF-8 && \
+    update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 \
+
+COPY --from=composer:latest /usr/bin/composer /usr/bin/composer
+
+RUN apt install -y software-properties-common && add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php && apt update -y
+
+RUN apt  install -y  \
+    php${PHP_VERSION}  \
+    php${PHP_VERSION}-dev \
+    php${PHP_VERSION}-xdebug \
+    php${PHP_VERSION}-iconv  \
+    php${PHP_VERSION}-bcmath  \
+    php${PHP_VERSION}-tidy
+
+RUN echo "xdebug.mode=debug,coverage" >> /etc/php/${PHP_VERSION}/cli/php.ini
+
+WORKDIR /opt/htmlpurifier
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f5aecec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+services:
+  htmlpurifier:
+    build:
+      context: "."
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: 'htmlpurifier'
+    tty: true
+    volumes:
+      - .:/opt/htmlpurifier