diff --git a/Dockerfile.alpine b/Dockerfile.alpine
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba155553a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+ARG NODE_VERSION=current
+FROM node:${NODE_VERSION}-alpine
+
+RUN apk add bash curl git file libc6-compat gcompat jq
+# libc6-compat gcompat required for @pact-foundation/pact-cli ruby runtime
+# all other dependencies just used for @pact-foundation/pact testing
+# so you don't need to use those in your own projects
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "bash", "-c", "scripts/ci/build-and-test.sh" ]
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diff --git a/Dockerfile.debian b/Dockerfile.debian
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23d043ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.debian
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+ARG NODE_VERSION=latest
+FROM node:${NODE_VERSION}-slim
+
+RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get -y install curl git jq
+# dependencies just used for @pact-foundation/pact testing
+# so you don't need to use those in your own projects
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "bash", "-c", "scripts/ci/build-and-test.sh" ]
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b9b5a96ec..8da964a19 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@
     "predist": "npm run clean && npm run format:check && npm run lint",
     "release": "commit-and-tag-version",
     "test": "nyc --check-coverage --reporter=html --reporter=text-summary mocha -t 120000",
-    "pretest": "bash scripts/install-plugins.sh"
+    "pretest": "bash scripts/install-plugins.sh",
+    "docker:alpine:build": "docker build --build-arg NODE_VERSION=${NODE_VERSION:-current} -f Dockerfile.alpine -t pact-js:alpine .",
+    "docker:debian:build": "docker build --build-arg NODE_VERSION=${NODE_VERSION:-current} -f Dockerfile.debian -t pact-js:debian .",
+    "docker:alpine:run": "docker run -e LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-info} -e GIT_REF=${GIT_REF:-test} -e GITHUB_ACTIONS=${GITHUB_ACTIONS:-false} -e SKIP_EXAMPLES=${SKIP_EXAMPLES:-''} -w /home -v $(pwd):/home --rm pact-js:alpine",
+    "docker:debian:run": "docker run -e LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-info} -e GIT_REF=${GIT_REF:-test} -e GITHUB_ACTIONS=${GITHUB_ACTIONS:-false} -e SKIP_EXAMPLES=${SKIP_EXAMPLES:-''} -w /home -v $(pwd):/home --rm pact-js:debian",
+    "docker:alpine:attach": "docker run -w /home -v $(pwd):/home --entrypoint /bin/bash --rm -it pact-js:alpine",
+    "docker:debian:attach": "docker run -w /home -v $(pwd):/home --entrypoint /bin/bash --rm -it pact-js:debian"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",