diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6e4761..91939da 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+*~
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ab1710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+FROM python:alpine AS base
+
+RUN \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apk \
+    apk add -U make
+
+WORKDIR /app
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9391a51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+DEV_SERVICE := dev
+
+.PHONY: all
+all: dev-env
+
+dev-env:
+	docker compose build --progress=plain $(DEV_SERVICE)
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cf909f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+services:
+  dev:
+    container_name: spiff-element-units-dev
+    build:
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
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