diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08f931c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# ignore test builds
+mkdocs/site
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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index 0000000..a1c1137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# build the docs and load static files into nginx
+
+FROM python:3.10.9-slim-bullseye AS builder
+ENV PATH=/root/.local/bin:$PATH
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    git
+
+COPY requirements.txt /requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --user -r requirements.txt
+
+RUN git clone https://github.com/tubearchivist/docs.git
+WORKDIR docs/mkdocs
+RUN mkdocs build
+
+FROM nginx as srv
+COPY --from=builder docs/mkdocs/site /usr/share/nginx/html
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 56f7616..04abfe7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,3 +27,14 @@ mkdocs serve
 ```
 
 And the site - with live reload enabled - should be available on [localhost:8000](http://localhost:8000/).
+
+## Production environment
+Build the Docker image:
+```
+docker build -t bbilly1/tubearchivist-docs .
+```
+
+Run the image:
+```
+docker run -p 80:80 bbilly1/tubearchivist-docs
+```
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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index 0000000..2681e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+mkdocs==1.4.2
+mkdocs-material==9.1.3