diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8b56006..844016f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,4 +42,5 @@ Desktop.ini
 _build/
 *.sqlite3
 .idea/
-.vagrant/
\ No newline at end of file
+.vagrant/
+.env
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42c1fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+ARG DEBIAN_RELEASE=buster
+FROM debian:$DEBIAN_RELEASE
+LABEL maintainer="Jan Dittberner <jan@dittberner.info>"
+
+ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+ENV LANG=C.UTF-8
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    build-essential \
+    dumb-init \
+    gettext \
+    git \
+    python3-dev \
+    python3-pip \
+    python3-setuptools \
+    python3-virtualenv \
+    python3-wheel \
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*.*
+
+RUN python3 -m pip install --prefix=/usr/local pipenv
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    libmariadb-dev-compat \
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*.*
+
+ARG GVAGID=2000
+ARG GVAUID=2000
+
+ARG GVAAPP=gvamysql
+
+WORKDIR /srv/$GVAAPP
+
+COPY Pipfile Pipfile.lock /srv/$GVAAPP/
+
+RUN addgroup --gid $GVAGID $GVAAPP ; \
+    adduser --home /home/$GVAAPP --shell /bin/bash --uid $GVAUID --gid $GVAGID --disabled-password --gecos "User for gnuviechadmin component $GVAAPP" $GVAAPP
+
+USER $GVAAPP
+RUN python3 -m virtualenv --python=python3 /home/$GVAAPP/$GVAAPP-venv ; \
+    /home/$GVAAPP/$GVAAPP-venv/bin/python3 -m pip install -U pip ; \
+    VIRTUAL_ENV=/home/$GVAAPP/$GVAAPP-venv pipenv install --deploy --ignore-pipfile --dev
+
+VOLUME /srv/$GVAAPP
+
+COPY gvamysql.sh /srv/
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["dumb-init", "/srv/gvamysql.sh"]
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 4e2a70d..1c2df48 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+* :support:`-` add Docker setup for lightweight local testing
 * :support:`-` update Vagrant setup to libvirt and Debian Buster
 * :support:`-` move mysqltasks to top level to keep the task names when
   using Python 3
diff --git a/gvamysql.sh b/gvamysql.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b775315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gvamysql.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+. /home/gvamysql/gvamysql-venv/bin/activate
+cd /srv/gvamysql/gvamysql
+celery -A mysqltasks worker -Q mysql -l info