diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5bfd5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# build with nodejs
+FROM node:16.17.0-bullseye-slim AS build
+ENV NODE_ENV production
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY . /app
+RUN mkdir -p _site node_modules
+RUN chown -R node:node .
+USER node
+RUN NODE_ENV=development npm ci
+RUN npm run build
+
+# serve compiled files with local nginx config
+FROM nginx:alpine
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=build /app/_site .
+COPY ./nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abedf27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: "3.9"
+
+services:
+  app:
+    container_name: nginx-portfolio
+    image: nginx-portfolio
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - "9997:8080"
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afec279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+events {
+  worker_connections 1024;
+}
+
+http {
+  include mime.types;
+  sendfile on;
+
+  server {
+    listen 8080;
+    listen [::]:8080;
+
+    resolver 127.0.0.11;
+    autoindex off;
+
+    server_name _;
+    server_tokens off;
+
+    root /app;
+    gzip_static on;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bbe23a7..f85866b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
     "start:site": "npx @11ty/eleventy --serve",
     "build": "npx @11ty/eleventy",
     "postbuild": "npx postcss styles.css -o _site/styles.css --env production",
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "deploy": "docker compose up --build -d"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",