diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d1fe94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dockerfile
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f376f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+FROM gcc:7
+MAINTAINER Abdul Dakkak <dakkak@illinois.edu>
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        build-essential \
+        automake \
+        autoconf \
+        bison \
+        flex \
+        libevent-dev \
+        libboost-all-dev \
+        libssl-dev \
+        libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+        libdouble-conversion-dev \
+        libgoogle-glog-dev \
+        libgflags-dev \
+        libjemalloc-dev \
+        libssl-dev \
+        cmake \
+        thrift-compiler  && \
+    apt-get clean && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+
+ENV FOLLY_SRC=/src/folly
+RUN git clone https://github.com/facebook/folly $FOLLY_SRC && cd $FOLLY_SRC && git fetch --all
+WORKDIR $FOLLY_SRC/folly
+RUN autoreconf -ivf && \
+    ./configure --prefix=/usr/local && \
+    make && \
+    make -j`nproc` install
+
+
+ENV LIBRDKAFKA_SRC=/src/librdkafka
+RUN git clone https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka $LIBRDKAFKA_SRC && cd $LIBRDKAFKA_SRC && git fetch --all
+WORKDIR $LIBRDKAFKA_SRC
+RUN ./configure --prefix=/usr/local && \
+    make && \
+    make -j`nproc` install
+
+ENV ZIPKIN_CPP=/src/zipkin-cpp
+ENV ZIPKIN_CPP_BUILD=/opt/zipkin-cpp
+WORKDIR $ZIPKIN_CPP
+
+ADD . $ZIPKIN_CPP
+
+WORKDIR $ZIPKIN_CPP_BUILD
+
+RUN cmake $ZIPKIN_CPP -DWITH_CURL=ON -DBUILD_DOCS=OFF -DWITH_FPIC=ON
+
+RUN make && \
+    make -j`nproc` install
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diff --git a/cmake/InstallRapidJSON.cmake b/cmake/InstallRapidJSON.cmake
index cbc3fb3..e649348 100644
--- a/cmake/InstallRapidJSON.cmake
+++ b/cmake/InstallRapidJSON.cmake
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if (NOT RAPIDJSON_FOUND OR USE_BUNDLED_RAPIDJSON)
         DOWNLOAD_NAME   RapidJSON-${RAPIDJSON_VERSION}.tar.gz
         URL             https://github.com/miloyip/rapidjson/archive/v${RAPIDJSON_VERSION}.tar.gz
         URL_MD5         ${RAPIDJSON_URL_MD5}
-        CMAKE_ARGS      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<INSTALL_DIR>
+        CMAKE_ARGS      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<INSTALL_DIR> -DRAPIDJSON_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF
         TEST_COMMAND    ""
     )