diff --git a/Makefile.docker b/Makefile.docker
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+
+# Build a local alice binary using docker.
+
+DOCKER := docker
+
+all: alice
+	cp cmd/alice-lg/alice-lg-* bin/
+
+client:
+	$(MAKE) -C client/ -f Makefile.docker
+
+alice: client
+	$(MAKE) -C cmd/alice-lg -f Makefile.docker
+
+.PHONY: client alice
+
diff --git a/cmd/alice-lg/Makefile.docker b/cmd/alice-lg/Makefile.docker
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+
+#
+# Build alice using a dockerized go version
+#
+
+DOCKER := docker
+
+DOCKER_CONTAINER := alice-lg-build
+DOCKER_IMAGE := golang:1.16
+
+DOCKER_EXEC := $(DOCKER) run --rm -t -i \
+	-a stdin -a stdout -a stderr \
+	-v `pwd`/../../:/src/alice-lg \
+	--name $(DOCKER_CONTAINER) \
+	--workdir /src/alice-lg/cmd/alice-lg \
+	$(DOCKER_IMAGE)
+
+all:
+	$(DOCKER_EXEC) make static
+