diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,46 @@
 
 services:
 
+  amqp:
+    image: rabbitmq:3.6-management
+    ports:
+      - 5018:15672
+
+# Scheduler
+
+  swh-scheduler-db:
+    image: postgres:10
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: testpassword
+      POSTGRES_DB: swh-scheduler
+
+  swh-scheduler-api:
+    image: swh/scheduler-api
+    build: ./dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-api
+    env_file: ./scheduler.env
+    depends_on:
+      - swh-scheduler-db
+    ports:
+      - 5008:5008
+
+  swh-scheduler-listener:
+    image: swh/scheduler-worker
+    build: ./dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-worker
+    env_file: ./scheduler.env
+    command: listener
+    depends_on:
+      - swh-scheduler-api
+      - amqp
+
+  swh-scheduler-runner:
+    image: swh/scheduler-worker
+    env_file: ./scheduler.env
+    command: runner
+    depends_on:
+      - swh-scheduler-listener  # for the image only
+      - swh-scheduler-api
+      - amqp
+
 # Graph storage
 
   swh-storage-db:
@@ -14,7 +54,7 @@
     build: ./dockerfiles/swh-storage
     image: swh/storage
     ports:
-    - 5002:5002
+      - 5002:5002
     depends_on:
       - swh-storage-db
       - swh-objstorage
@@ -30,7 +70,7 @@
     build: ./dockerfiles/swh-objstorage
     image: swh/objstorage
     ports:
-    - 5003:5003
+      - 5003:5003
 
 # Indexer storage
 
@@ -59,7 +99,7 @@
     build: ./dockerfiles/swh-web
     image: swh/web
     ports:
-    - 5004:5004
+      - 5004:5004
     depends_on:
       - swh-objstorage
       - swh-storage
diff --git a/dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-api/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-api/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-api/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+FROM python:3
+
+RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
+  apt-get update && \
+  apt-get install -y \
+    libsystemd-dev postgresql-client
+
+RUN pip install swh-scheduler
+COPY scheduler.yml /
+COPY entrypoint.sh /
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
+
+EXPOSE 5008
diff --git a/dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-api/entrypoint.sh b/dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-api/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-api/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+if [[ -d /src ]] ; then
+    for srcrepo in /src/swh-* ; do
+        pushd $srcrepo
+        pip install -e .
+        popd
+    done
+fi
+
+echo "${PGHOST}:5432:${POSTGRES_DB}:${PGUSER}:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}" > ~/.pgpass
+cat > ~/.pg_service.conf <<EOF
+[swh]
+dbname=${POSTGRES_DB}
+host=${PGHOST}
+port=5432
+user=${PGUSER}
+EOF
+
+chmod 0400 ~/.pgpass
+
+case "$1" in
+    "shell")
+        exec bash -i
+        ;;
+    *)
+		echo Waiting for postgresql to start
+		until psql service=swh -c "select 1" 2>&1 > /dev/null; do sleep 0.1; done
+
+        echo Setup the swh-scheduler API database
+        PGPASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD} swh-db-init scheduler \
+				  --db-name ${POSTGRES_DB}
+
+        echo Starting the swh-scheduler API server
+        exec python -m swh.scheduler.api.server /scheduler.yml
+esac
diff --git a/dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-api/scheduler.yml b/dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-api/scheduler.yml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-api/scheduler.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+scheduler:
+  cls: local
+  args:
+    db: service=swh
diff --git a/dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-worker/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-worker/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-worker/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+FROM python:3
+
+RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
+  apt-get update && \
+  apt-get install -y \
+    libsystemd-dev postgresql-client
+
+RUN pip install swh-scheduler
+RUN mkdir /etc/softwareheritage/
+COPY scheduler.yml /etc/softwareheritage/
+COPY entrypoint.sh /
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
+
+EXPOSE 5008
diff --git a/dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-worker/entrypoint.sh b/dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-worker/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-worker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+if [[ -d /src ]] ; then
+    for srcrepo in /src/swh-* ; do
+        pushd $srcrepo
+        pip install -e .
+        popd
+    done
+fi
+
+echo "${PGHOST}:5432:${POSTGRES_DB}:${PGUSER}:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}" > ~/.pgpass
+cat > ~/.pg_service.conf <<EOF
+[swh]
+dbname=${POSTGRES_DB}
+host=${PGHOST}
+port=5432
+user=${PGUSER}
+EOF
+
+chmod 0400 ~/.pgpass
+
+case "$1" in
+    "shell")
+        exec bash -i
+        ;;
+    "listener")
+        echo Starting the swh-scheduler listener
+        exec python -m swh.scheduler.celery_backend.listener
+		;;
+    "runner")
+        echo Starting the swh-scheduler runner
+        exec sh -c 'while true; do
+            echo running pending tasks at `/bin/date`;
+            python -m swh.scheduler.celery_backend.runner;
+            sleep 10;
+          done'  # beuark
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo "Provide a command (shell|listener|runner)"
+		exit 1
+		;;
+esac
diff --git a/dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-worker/scheduler.yml b/dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-worker/scheduler.yml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/swh-scheduler-worker/scheduler.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+task_broker: amqp://guest@amqp//
+scheduling_db: service=swh
diff --git a/scheduler.env b/scheduler.env
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scheduler.env
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=testpassword
+POSTGRES_DB=swh-scheduler
+PGHOST=swh-scheduler-db
+PGUSER=postgres