diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aec67d3817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+target
+node_modules
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ba04df6dbf..7931417144 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ generated-do-not-edit/
 
 .sentryclirc
 .DS_Store
+**/e2e/screenshots
+**/e2e/videos
 
 .env
 .env.*
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72e8e2a099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+FROM ivangabriele/tauri:debian-bullseye-18
+
+ENV DOCKER 1
+WORKDIR /build
+
+# Copy source code into container
+COPY . /build
+
+# Install specific node version from our .nvmrc
+RUN curl -sfLS "https://install-node.vercel.app/$(cat .nvmrc)" | bash -s -- --force
+
+# Enable and use our defined `packageManager` version of pnpm
+RUN corepack enable pnpm \
+  && corepack install \
+  && pnpm install
+
+# Build a binary of the application
+RUN pnpm build:test
+
+# CMD xvfb-run pnpm test:e2e
+CMD /bin/bash
diff --git a/apps/desktop/wdio.conf.ts b/apps/desktop/wdio.conf.ts
index 53c31dd8db..bbbaa13d9b 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/wdio.conf.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/wdio.conf.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import type { Options } from '@wdio/types';
 
 let tauriDriver: ChildProcess;
 
+const appBinaryPath = process.env.DOCKER
+	? '/build/target/release/git-butler-dev'
+	: '../../target/release/git-butler-dev';
+
 export const config: Options.WebdriverIO = {
 	hostname: '127.0.0.1',
 	port: 4444,
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@ export const config: Options.WebdriverIO = {
 		{
 			// @ts-expect-error custom tauri capabilities
 			'tauri:options': {
-				application: '../../target/release/git-butler-dev'
+				application: appBinaryPath
 			}
 		}
 	],
@@ -38,10 +42,14 @@ export const config: Options.WebdriverIO = {
 	connectionRetryCount: 3,
 
 	// ensure we are running `tauri-driver` before the session starts so that we can proxy the webdriver requests
-	beforeSession: () =>
-		(tauriDriver = spawn(path.resolve(os.homedir(), '.cargo', 'bin', 'tauri-driver'), [], {
+	beforeSession: () => {
+		const tauriDriverPath = process.env.DOCKER
+			? 'tauri-driver'
+			: path.resolve(os.homedir(), '.cargo', 'bin', 'tauri-driver');
+		tauriDriver = spawn(tauriDriverPath, [], {
 			stdio: [null, process.stdout, process.stderr]
-		})),
+		});
+	},
 
 	afterTest: function ({ error }: { error: Error }) {
 		if (error) {