diff --git a/compose/Dockerfile b/compose/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.6
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y vim
+
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip ipdb ipython
+
+COPY . /usr/src/app/
+
+RUN pip install git+https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb.git
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '2.1'
+
+services:
+  mongodb:
+    image: mongo:3.4.13
+    ports:
+      - "27017"
+    command: mongod
+  bigchaindb:
+    depends_on:
+      - mongodb
+      - tendermint
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: ./compose/Dockerfile
+      args:
+        branch: master
+        backend: localmongodb
+    environment:
+      BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_HOST: mongodb
+      BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_PORT: 27017
+      BIGCHAINDB_SERVER_BIND: 0.0.0.0:9984
+      BIGCHAINDB_WSSERVER_HOST: 0.0.0.0
+      BIGCHAINDB_TENDERMINT_HOST: tendermint
+      BIGCHAINDB_TENDERMINT_PORT: 46657
+    ports:
+      - "9984"
+      - "9985"
+      - "46658"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "bash", "-c", "curl http://bigchaindb:9984 && curl http://tendermint:46657/abci_query"]
+      interval: 3s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+    command: bigchaindb -l DEBUG start
+  tendermint:
+    image: tendermint/tendermint:0.12
+    volumes:
+      - ./compose/tendermint/tmdata/config.toml:/tendermint/config.toml
+    entrypoint: ''
+    ports:
+      - "46656"
+      - "46657"
+    command: bash -c "tendermint init && tendermint node"