diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 699ef36b0..46d0247f5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 target/*
 petclinic-application/target/*
+/petclinic-containers/src/main/resources/petclinic.jar
 .settings/*
 .classpath
 .editorconfig
diff --git a/petclinic-containers/pom.xml b/petclinic-containers/pom.xml
index 61a01375d..4e16a4426 100644
--- a/petclinic-containers/pom.xml
+++ b/petclinic-containers/pom.xml
@@ -15,4 +15,50 @@
 
     <name>petclinic-containers</name>
 
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>docker-build</id>
+            <build>
+                <resources>
+                    <resource>
+                        <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                        <filtering>true</filtering>
+                    </resource>
+                </resources>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>copy</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>copy</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <artifactItems>
+                                        <artifactItem>
+                                            <groupId>org.springframework.samples</groupId>
+                                            <artifactId>petclinic-application</artifactId>
+                                            <version>${project.version}</version>
+                                            <type>${project.packaging}</type>
+                                            <overWrite>true</overWrite>
+                                            <outputDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</outputDirectory>
+                                            <destFileName>petclinic.jar</destFileName>
+                                        </artifactItem>
+                                    </artifactItems>
+                                    <outputDirectory>${docker.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
+                                    <overWriteReleases>true</overWriteReleases>
+                                    <overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/petclinic-containers/src/main/resources/Dockerfile b/petclinic-containers/src/main/resources/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9dbf8fc83..98ab7072a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-
         <!-- Generic properties -->
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -41,12 +40,10 @@
         <webjars-jquery-ui.version>1.11.4</webjars-jquery-ui.version>
         <webjars-jquery.version>2.2.4</webjars-jquery.version>
         <wro4j.version>1.8.0</wro4j.version>
-
         <jacoco.version>0.8.2</jacoco.version>
 
         <!-- Other properties -->
         <deploy-plugin.version>2.8.1</deploy-plugin.version>
-
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>