diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b8710a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.git
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc0858b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+FROM gliderlabs/alpine
+
+COPY requirements.txt /opt/elodie/requirements.txt
+COPY docs/requirements.txt /opt/elodie/docs/requirements.txt
+COPY elodie/tests/requirements.txt /opt/elodie/elodie/tests/requirements.txt
+WORKDIR /opt/elodie
+
+RUN apk add --update boost-python ca-certificates exiftool exiv2 make python py-pip && \
+    apk add --virtual build-dependencies build-base boost-dev exiv2-dev openssl python-dev scons wget && \
+    pip install -r docs/requirements.txt && \
+    pip install -r elodie/tests/requirements.txt && \
+    wget -O /tmp/pyexiv2-0.3.2.tar.bz2 https://launchpad.net/pyexiv2/0.3.x/0.3.2/+download/pyexiv2-0.3.2.tar.bz2 && \
+    echo "9c0377ca4cf7d5ceeee994af0b5536ae  /tmp/pyexiv2-0.3.2.tar.bz2" | md5sum -c - && \
+    tar -C /tmp -xjf /tmp/pyexiv2-0.3.2.tar.bz2 && \
+    rm -f /tmp/pyexiv2-0.3.2.tar.bz2 && \
+    cd /tmp/pyexiv2-0.3.2 && \
+    scons && \
+    scons install && \
+    cd / && \
+    apk del build-dependencies && \
+    rm -rf /root/.cache/pip /tmp/* /var/cache/apk/*
+
+COPY . /opt/elodie
+
+CMD ["/bin/sh"]
diff --git a/elodie/tests/filesystem_test.py b/elodie/tests/filesystem_test.py
index 78e4be9..6257831 100644
--- a/elodie/tests/filesystem_test.py
+++ b/elodie/tests/filesystem_test.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 # Project imports
 import os
-import sys
-
 import re
 import shutil
+import time
+import sys
 from datetime import datetime
 from datetime import timedelta
-import time
+
+import mock
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))))))
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ def test_create_directory_success():
     assert status == True
     assert os.path.isdir(folder) == True
     assert os.path.exists(folder) == True
-    
+
     # Clean up
     shutil.rmtree(folder)
 
@@ -50,9 +51,15 @@ def test_create_directory_recursive_success():
 
     shutil.rmtree(folder)
 
-def test_create_directory_invalid_permissions():
+@mock.patch('elodie.filesystem.os.makedirs')
+def test_create_directory_invalid_permissions(mock_makedirs):
     if os.name == 'nt':
        raise SkipTest("It isn't implemented on Windows")
+
+    # Mock the case where makedirs raises an OSError because the user does
+    # not have permission to create the given directory.
+    mock_makedirs.side_effect = OSError()
+
     filesystem = FileSystem()
     status = filesystem.create_directory('/apathwhichdoesnotexist/afolderwhichdoesnotexist')
 
diff --git a/elodie/tests/requirements.txt b/elodie/tests/requirements.txt
index 0964c1c..0e75cd6 100644
--- a/elodie/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/elodie/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 -r ../../requirements.txt
+flake8>=2.2.5,<3.0
 mock>=1.3.0,<2.0
 nose>=1.3.7,<2.0