diff --git a/deposit.env b/deposit.env
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/deposit.env
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+POSTGRES_DB=softwareheritage-deposit
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=testpassword
+PGUSER=postgres
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -114,6 +114,22 @@
       - swh-storage
       - swh-idx-storage
 
+  swh-deposit-db:
+    image: postgres:10
+    env_file: ./deposit.env
+
+  swh-deposit:
+    build: ./dockerfiles/swh-deposit
+    image: swh/deposit
+    ports:
+      - 5006:5006
+    depends_on:
+      - swh-deposit-db
+      - swh-scheduler-api
+    env_file: ./deposit.env
+    environment:
+      PGHOST: swh-deposit-db
+
 # Lister Celery workers
 
   swh-listers-db:
diff --git a/dockerfiles/swh-deposit/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/swh-deposit/Dockerfile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/swh-deposit/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+FROM python:3
+
+RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
+  apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && \
+  apt-get install -y libsystemd-dev postgresql-client && \
+  apt-get clean && \
+  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN pip install swh-deposit gunicorn
+RUN pip install psycopg2-binary  # to make pip silent
+COPY server.yml /etc/softwareheritage/deposit/
+COPY private.yml /etc/softwareheritage/deposit/
+
+COPY entrypoint.sh /
+EXPOSE 5006
+ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/dockerfiles/swh-deposit/entrypoint.sh b/dockerfiles/swh-deposit/entrypoint.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/swh-deposit/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -ex
+
+if [[ -d /src ]] ; then
+    pwd
+    for src_repo in /src/swh-* ; do
+        pushd $src_repo
+        echo "Installing ${src_repo}"
+        pip install -e .
+        popd
+    done
+fi
+
+echo "${PGHOST}:5432:${POSTGRES_DB}:${PGUSER}:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}" > ~/.pgpass
+cat > ~/.pg_service.conf <<EOF
+[swh-deposit]
+host=${PGHOST}
+port=5432
+dbname=${POSTGRES_DB}
+user=${PGUSER}
+EOF
+
+chmod 0600 ~/.pgpass
+
+if [ "$1" = 'shell' ] ; then
+    exec bash -i
+else
+    echo "Waiting for postgresql to start"
+    until psql service=swh-deposit -c "select 1" > /dev/null 2> /dev/null; do sleep 0.1; done
+
+    echo "Migrating db"
+    django-admin migrate --settings=swh.deposit.settings.production
+
+    echo "starting swh-deposit server"
+    exec gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:5006 \
+                  --reload \
+                  --log-level DEBUG \
+                  swh.deposit.wsgi
+fi
diff --git a/dockerfiles/swh-deposit/loader.yml b/dockerfiles/swh-deposit/loader.yml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/swh-deposit/loader.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+extraction_dir: /tmp/swh.deposit.loader/
diff --git a/dockerfiles/swh-deposit/private.yml b/dockerfiles/swh-deposit/private.yml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/swh-deposit/private.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+secret_key: prod-in-docker
+db:
+  host: swh-deposit-db
+  port: 5432
+  name: softwareheritage-deposit
+  user: postgres
+  password: testpassword
+media_root: /tmp/swh-deposit/uploads
diff --git a/dockerfiles/swh-deposit/server.yml b/dockerfiles/swh-deposit/server.yml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/swh-deposit/server.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+scheduler:
+  cls: remote
+  args:
+    url: http://swh-scheduler:5008