diff --git a/scripts/build/Dockerfile b/scripts/build/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fde2858a033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+FROM centos:6.6
+
+RUN yum install -y initscripts curl tar gcc libc6-dev git gcc-c++ openssl-devel
+RUN yum install -y g++ make automake autoconf curl-devel zlib-devel httpd-devel apr-devel apr-util-devel sqlite-devel
+RUN yum install -y wget yum-utils bzip2 bzip2-devel
+RUN yum install -y fontconfig freetype freetype-devel fontconfig-devel libstdc++
+RUN yum install -y rpm-build patch readline readline-devel libtool bison lzma
+
+# Install RUBY 1.9.3
+# install necessary utilities
+RUN yum install -y which tar
+RUN gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3
+#RUN curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
+RUN curl -sSl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rvm/rvm/master/binscripts/rvm-installer | bash -s stable
+RUN source /etc/profile.d/rvm.sh
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "rvm requirements"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "rvm install 2.1.9"
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "rvm use 2.1.9 --default"
+
+# install nodejs
+RUN curl --silent --location https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | bash -
+RUN yum install -y nodejs --nogpgcheck
+
+ENV GOLANG_VERSION 1.7.4
+
+RUN wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.7.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+RUN tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.7.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+
+ENV PATH /usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
+
+RUN mkdir -p /go/src /go/bin && chmod -R 777 /go
+
+ENV GOPATH /go
+ENV PATH /go/bin:$PATH
+
+ADD build.sh /tmp/
+
+WORKDIR /tmp/
+
+CMD ["./build.sh"]
diff --git a/scripts/build/build_container.sh b/scripts/build/build_container.sh
index 95e230b40fc..9ee9e573d86 100755
--- a/scripts/build/build_container.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/build_container.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mkdir -p ~/docker
 if [[ -e ~/docker/centos.tar ]]; then
   docker load -i ~/docker/centos.tar;
 else
-  docker build --rm=false --tag "grafana/buildcontainer" .
+  docker build --rm=false --tag "grafana/buildcontainer" ./scripts/build/
 
   # save docker container so we dont have to recreate it next run
   docker save grafana/buildcontainer > ~/docker/centos.tar;