diff --git a/dev.df b/dev.df
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+# vim:ft=dockerfile
+
+FROM phusion/baseimage:0.9.16
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+ENV HOME /root
+
+# Install the dependencies.
+RUN apt-get update  # 24JUN2015
+
+# New ubuntu packages should be added as their own apt-get install lines below the existing install commands
+RUN apt-get install -y git python-virtualenv python-dev libjpeg8 libjpeg62 libjpeg62-dev libevent-2.0.5 libevent-dev gdebi-core g++ libmagic1 phantomjs nodejs npm libldap-2.4-2 libldap2-dev libsasl2-modules libsasl2-dev libpq5 libpq-dev libfreetype6-dev libffi-dev libgpgme11 libgpgme11-dev
+
+# Build the python dependencies
+ADD requirements.txt requirements.txt
+RUN virtualenv --distribute venv
+RUN venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+WORKDIR /src/quay
+ENV PYTHONPATH=/
+ENV PATH=$PATH:/venv/bin
diff --git a/local-docker.sh b/local-docker.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Run this from the quay directory to start a quay development instance in
+# docker on port 5000.
+
+set -e
+
+REPO=quay.io/quay/quay-dev
+
+docker build -t $REPO -f dev.df .
+docker run -it -p 5000:5000 -v $(pwd)/..:/src $REPO bash /src/quay/local-run.sh