diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd12ac878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Copyright 2015-2024 Google Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+FROM ghcr.io/graalvm/jdk-community:21
+WORKDIR /build/
+ADD . /build/
+
+RUN ./mvnw -Pnative -DskipTests package
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ba915102..85ce689a3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ Your starting point should be the instance methods of
 ./mvnw install
 ```
 
+The _native_ binaries can be built with `./build-natives.sh` and will be available in `TODO`.
+
 ## Contributing
 
 Please see [the contributors guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ Please see [the contributors guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.
 ## License
 
 ```text
-Copyright 2015 Google Inc.
+Copyright 2015-2024 Google Inc.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
diff --git a/build-natives.sh b/build-natives.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..acf7df998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-natives.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Copyright 2015-2024 Google Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -euox pipefail
+
+# TODO Mount some directory as volume so that the native image falls out
+
+docker build --rm .