diff --git a/lc-chain-blocktail/.gitignore b/lc-chain-blocktail/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1d1fe94df492104ae6b144c08727a0fa8f15ab86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lc-chain-blocktail/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dockerfile
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lc-chain-blocktail/build.gradle b/lc-chain-blocktail/build.gradle
index 0390f1f49d93ed5241ee9f347d1ec272099bc368..ade17a8b3e91b4e1f5b421710a8324bbf85f2867 100644
--- a/lc-chain-blocktail/build.gradle
+++ b/lc-chain-blocktail/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'java'
     id 'java-library'
     id 'application'
+    id "com.palantir.docker" version "0.33.0"
 }
 sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
@@ -29,3 +30,18 @@ test {
 application {
     mainClass = 'leigh.chain.blocktail.BlockTailApp'
 }
+
+task dockerfile() {
+    doLast {
+        new File(projectDir, 'Dockerfile').text = """FROM openjdk:17-alpine
+EXPOSE 52018 
+RUN mkdir /app
+COPY ${project.name}-${project.version}.tar /dist.tar
+RUN tar xfv /dist.tar
+RUN rm /dist.tar
+ENTRYPOINT ["/${project.name}-${project.version}/bin/${project.name}"]
+"""
+    }
+}
+
+