diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+##
+# Copyright 2023 Aiven Oy
+#
+# 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
+#
+# http://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.
+##
+# Kafka 3.4.x
+FROM confluentinc/cp-kafka:7.4.0
+
+ARG _SCALA_VERSION
+ARG _KAFKA_VERSION
+ENV _KAFKA_FULL_VERSION "kafka_${_SCALA_VERSION}-${_KAFKA_VERSION}"
+
+USER root
+COPY core/build/distributions/${_KAFKA_FULL_VERSION}.tgz /
+RUN cd / \
+  && tar -xf ${_KAFKA_FULL_VERSION}.tgz \
+  && rm -r /usr/share/java/kafka/* \
+  && cp /${_KAFKA_FULL_VERSION}/libs/* /usr/share/java/kafka/ \
+  && ln -s /usr/share/java/kafka/${_KAFKA_FULL_VERSION}.jar /usr/share/java/kafka/kafka.jar \
+  && rm -r /${_KAFKA_FULL_VERSION}.tgz /${_KAFKA_FULL_VERSION}
+
+# Add test jars with local implementations.
+COPY clients/build/libs/kafka-clients-${_KAFKA_VERSION}-test.jar /usr/share/java/kafka/
+COPY storage/build/libs/kafka-storage-${_KAFKA_VERSION}-test.jar /usr/share/java/kafka/
+COPY storage/api/build/libs/kafka-storage-api-${_KAFKA_VERSION}-test.jar /usr/share/java/kafka/
+
+# Restore the user.
+USER appuser
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+##
+# Copyright 2023 Aiven Oy
+#
+# 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
+#
+# http://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.
+##
+SCALA_VERSION := $(shell grep -o -E '^scalaVersion=[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' gradle.properties | cut -c14-)
+SCALA_MAJOR_VERSION := $(shell grep -o -E '^scalaVersion=[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' gradle.properties | cut -c14-)
+KAFKA_VERSION := $(shell grep -o -E '^version=[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-SNAPSHOT)?' gradle.properties | cut -c9-)
+IMAGE_NAME=aivenoy/kafka
+
+BRANCH := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+IMAGE_TAG := $(subst /,_,$(BRANCH))
+
+.PHONY: all build clean
+
+all: clean build
+
+clean:
+	./gradlew clean
+
+build: core/build/distributions/kafka_$(SCALA_VERSION)-$(KAFKA_VERSION).tgz
+
+core/build/distributions/kafka_$(SCALA_VERSION)-$(KAFKA_VERSION).tgz:
+	echo "Version: $(KAFKA_VERSION)-$(SCALA_VERSION)"
+	./gradlew -PscalaVersion=$(SCALA_VERSION) testJar releaseTarGz
+
+.PHONY: docker_image
+docker_image: build
+	docker build . \
+		--build-arg _SCALA_VERSION=$(SCALA_MAJOR_VERSION) \
+		--build-arg _KAFKA_VERSION=$(KAFKA_VERSION) \
+		-t $(IMAGE_NAME):$(IMAGE_TAG)
+
+.PHONY: docker_push
+docker_push:
+	docker push $(IMAGE_NAME):$(IMAGE_TAG)
+
+# TODO publish docker images