diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 94d1612c6..6411e528e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -74,4 +74,13 @@ RUN echo "GIT_COMMIT=${GIT_COMMIT}" > build.txt \
 
 # Run command
 EXPOSE 8000
+
+# Add healthcheck to verify the API is responsive using the internal Python interpreter
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=30s --retries=3 \
+  CMD python3 -c "import os, urllib.request; \
+    port = os.getenv('SPOOLMAN_PORT', '8000'); \
+    base = os.getenv('SPOOLMAN_BASE_PATH', '').strip('/'); \
+    path = f'/{base}/api/v1/health'.replace('//', '/'); \
+    urllib.request.urlopen(f'http://localhost:{port}{path}')" || exit 1
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/home/app/spoolman/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10b89afe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+version: '3.8'
+services:
+  spoolman:
+    image: ghcr.io/donkie/spoolman:latest # Also available at dockerhub: donkieyo/spoolman:latest
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      # Mount the host machine's ./data directory into the container's /home/app/.local/share/spoolman directory
+      - ./data:/home/app/.local/share/spoolman # Do NOT modify /home/app/.local/share/spoolman target
+    ports:
+      # Map the host machine's port 7912 to the container's port 8000
+      - "7912:8000"
+    environment:
+      - TZ=Europe/Stockholm # Optional, defaults to UTC