diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4969d2e6f18129607f8d7522148a335adffef417..dee6ee1991cf5af01032e2231f2afb0be23c517f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,10 @@
 # These are backup files generated by rustfmt
 **/*.rs.bk
 
-.DS_Store
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+.DS_Store
+
+# The cache for docker container dependency
+.cargo
+
+# The cache for chain data in container
+.local
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d3502ccb400d6177c6f8be95be2b10302b8ce207..475444ad2019d49ae44e48a4d0e62df624490f0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,6 +80,32 @@ cargo run -- \
 
 Additional CLI usage options are available and may be shown by running `cargo run -- --help`.
 
+### Run in Docker
+
+Install [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) first, then run the following command to start a single node development chain. This command will firstly comipile your code, then start a local dev netork.
+
+```bash
+./scripts/docker_run.sh
+```
+
+If you just want to run the compiled binary,
+
+```bash
+./scripts/docker_run.sh ./target/release/node-template --dev --ws-external
+```
+
+Other commands are similar. Let's try purge the local dev chain here:
+
+```bash
+./scripts/docker_run.sh ./target/release/node-template purge-chain --dev
+```
+
+You can also check whether the code is able to compile or not,
+
+```bash
+./scripts/docker_run.sh cargo check
+```
+
 ## Advanced: Generate Your Own Substrate Node Template
 
 A substrate node template is always based on a certain version of Substrate. You can inspect it by
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..494c0a0155f12c63f8d9b84b94880f68e890e8de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+version: "3.2"
+
+services:
+  dev:
+    container_name: node-template
+    image: parity/rust-builder:latest
+    working_dir: /var/www/node-template
+    ports:
+      - "9944:9944"
+    environment:
+      - CARGO_HOME=/var/www/node-template/.cargo
+    volumes:
+      - .:/var/www/node-template
+      - type: bind
+        source: ./.local
+        target: /root/.local
+    command: bash -c "cargo build --release && ./target/release/node-template --dev --ws-external"
diff --git a/scripts/docker_run.sh b/scripts/docker_run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..61e6b0fd162fc8673027e9a3bc163b539e31859b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/docker_run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+echo "*** Start Substrate node template ***"
+
+cd $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})/..
+
+docker-compose down --remove-orphans
+docker-compose run --rm --service-ports dev $@
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