diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5fab61e22..caff8d3cb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ src/*.long-type-*.txt
 src/.verus-log/
 reference-controllers/*-controller/target/
 e2e/target/
-Dockerfile
diff --git a/docker/controller/Dockerfile b/docker/controller/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8401c7b29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/controller/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+FROM ghcr.io/vmware-research/verifiable-controllers/verus:latest as builder
+
+ARG APP
+WORKDIR /anvil
+
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN VERUS_DIR=/verus ./build.sh ${APP}_controller.rs --no-verify --time -o controller
+
+# =============================================================================
+
+FROM debian:bullseye-slim
+
+COPY --from=builder /anvil/src/controller /usr/local/bin/controller
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/controller", "run"]
diff --git a/local-test.sh b/local-test.sh
index d7d6e672a..839f274c6 100755
--- a/local-test.sh
+++ b/local-test.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ app=$1
 # Copy the Dockerfile and build the docker image of the controller
 cp docker/controller/Dockerfile .
 docker build -t local/$app-controller:v0.1.0 --build-arg APP=$app .
+rm Dockerfile
 # Set up the kind cluster and load the image into the cluster
 kind create cluster --config deploy/kind.yaml
 kind load docker-image local/$app-controller:v0.1.0