diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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 */*/*/CMakeFiles/*
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diff --git a/Dockerfile.build b/Dockerfile.build
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+FROM centos:7
+
+COPY MariaDB.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/MariaDB.repo
+
+# Install Prerequisites
+RUN yum install -y epel-release
+RUN yum update -y
+RUN yum install -y lsb
+RUN yum install -y gcc gcc-c++ ncurses-devel bison flex glibc-devel cmake libgcc perl make libtool \
+    openssl-devel libaio libaio-devel librabbitmq-devel libcurl-devel pcre-devel rpm-build libedit-devel \
+    git xz-devel
+RUN yum install -y mariadb-server
+RUN yum install -y mariadb-devel
+RUN git clone https://github.com/cbegin/GPLScale.git
+
+# Install PCRE2
+RUN mkdir -p /GPLScale/pcre2/build
+WORKDIR /GPLScale/pcre2/build
+RUN cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-fPIC -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=N -DPCRE2_BUILD_PCRE2GREP=N  -DPCRE2_BUILD_TESTS=N
+RUN make
+RUN make install
+
+# Install MaxScale
+RUN mkdir -p /GPLScale/build
+WORKDIR /GPLScale/build
+RUN cmake .. -DPACKAGE=Y
+RUN make
+RUN make install
+
+# Test MaxScale
+RUN make testcore
+
+# Package MaxScale
+RUN make package
+RUN mkdir /packages && \
+    mv maxscale*.rpm /packages && \
+    mv maxscale*.tar.gz /packages
+
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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index 00000000000..cf8c6f00c1c
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+++ b/Makefile
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+
+all: build dist
+
+build:
+	docker build -t gplscale -f Dockerfile.build .
+
+dist:
+	mkdir -p ./build
+	docker run -v ${shell realpath ./build}:/build gplscale bash -c "cp /packages/* /build"
+	docker run -v ${shell realpath ./build}:/build gplscale bash -c "cp /etc/maxscale.cnf.template /build"
+
+run:
+	docker run -ti gplscale bash
+
+.PHONY: all build dist
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diff --git a/MariaDB.repo b/MariaDB.repo
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+[mariadb]
+name = MariaDB
+baseurl = http://yum.mariadb.org/10.1/centos7-amd64
+gpgkey=https://yum.mariadb.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB
+gpgcheck=1
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