diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4026d43..dc3a0aa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,13 +8,25 @@ The site is built and hosted using GitHub Pages and Jekyll.
 
 ## Building locally
 
+### Using Docker Compose
+
+You need to have npm and Docker Compose installed on your machine.
+
+   npm install
+   npm run bower-install
+   docker-compose up
+
+The generated site is available at `http://localhost:4000`.
+
+### Without Docker Compose
+
+You need to have Ruby and npm installed on your machine.
+
 You can build and view the site locally with:
 
     bundle install
-    npm install -g bower
-    bower install
+    npm install
+    npm run bower-install
     bundle exec jekyll serve
 
 The generated site is available at `http://localhost:4000`.
-
-
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..823fd6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+version: '2'
+
+services:
+  jekyll:
+    image: bretfisher/jekyll-serve
+    volumes:
+      - .:/site
+    ports:
+      - '4000:4000'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7003608..e80c23a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
   "description": "A starter project including full setup for Jekyll, GulpJS, SASS & BrowserSync",
   "main": "gulpfile.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "bower-install": "bower install"
   },
   "author": "Shane Osbourne",
   "license": "ISC",
@@ -12,7 +13,8 @@
     "gulp": "^3.8.8",
     "gulp-sass": "^2.1.0",
     "browser-sync": "^1.3.7",
-    "gulp-autoprefixer": "1.0.0"
+    "gulp-autoprefixer": "1.0.0",
+    "bower": "1.8.8"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",