diff --git a/scripts/build/Dockerfile.alpine b/scripts/build/Dockerfile.alpine
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f969b1258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+FROM alpine:3.4
+RUN apk update && apk add \
+                build-base \
+                protobuf-c-dev \
+                protobuf-dev \
+                python \
+                libaio-dev \
+                libcap-dev \
+                libnl3-dev \
+                pkgconfig
+COPY . /criu
+WORKDIR /criu
+RUN make clean && make -j $(nproc)
diff --git a/scripts/build/Makefile b/scripts/build/Makefile
index ec4146bd4..1a3604d6e 100644
--- a/scripts/build/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/build/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ binfmt_misc:
 	./binfmt_misc
 .PHONY: binfmt_misc
 
+alpine:
+	docker build  -t criu-$@ -f Dockerfile.alpine ../..
+
 %: Dockerfile.% qemu-user-static binfmt_misc
 	docker build  -t criu-$@ -f $< ../..