diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ $ git clone https://github.com/IBM/elasticsearch-spark-recommender.git
 
 ### 2. Set up Elasticsearch
 
-This Code Pattern currently depends on Elasticsearch 5.3.0. Go to the [downloads page](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/past-releases/elasticsearch-5-3-0) and download the appropriate package for your system.
+This Code Pattern currently depends on Elasticsearch 5.3.0. 
+
+#### 2.1 Install Elasticsearch on your machine
+(You can skip this if you want to use prepared docker image see: ./docker/elasticsearch/README.md)
+
+Go to the [downloads page](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/past-releases/elasticsearch-5-3-0) and download the appropriate package for your system.
 
 For example on Linux / Mac you can download the [TAR archive](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-5.3.0.tar.gz) and unzip it using the commands:
 
@@ -94,7 +99,7 @@ $ ./bin/elasticsearch
 [2017-09-08T15:58:20,676][INFO ][o.e.n.Node               ] initialized
 ...
 ```
-
+#### 2.2 Elasticsearch python install
 Finally, you will need to install the Elasticsearch Python client. You can do this by running the following command (you should do this in a separate terminal window to the one running Elasticsearch):
 
 ```
diff --git a/docker/elasticsearch/Dockerfile b/docker/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a91ae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/elasticsearch/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+FROM          docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:5.3.0
+
+RUN /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-plugin install https://github.com/MLnick/elasticsearch-vector-scoring/releases/download/v5.3.0/elasticsearch-vector-scoring-5.3.0.zip
+RUN \
+  mv /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/x-pack /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/.removing-x-pack && \
+  mv /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/.removing-x-pack /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/x-pack && \
+  /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-plugin remove x-pack
diff --git a/docker/elasticsearch/README.md b/docker/elasticsearch/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..803bcf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/elasticsearch/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#### 2.0 Start Elasticsearch with docker
+If you familier with docker you can use the [elasticsearch docker image](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docker.html) with installed elasticsearch-vector-scoring plugin.
+Just go to docker/elasticsearch/ directory where you can find the ```Dockerfile``` and build the image with
+```docker build -t es-with-vector-scoring .``` command. 
+Check that the image is successfully built:
+```
+$ docker build -t es-with-vector-scoring .
+  Sending build context to Docker daemon   5.12kB
+  Step 1/3 : FROM          docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:5.3.0
+  ...
+  Successfully built 53ee57082cb8
+  Successfully tagged es-with-vector-scoring:latest
+```
+
+
+If builds ended you can start the image with ```docker run -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 es-with-vector-scoring``` command. 
+Check that the `elasticsearch-vector-scoring-plugin` is successfully loaded and elasticsearch is started:
+
+```
+$ docker run -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 es-with-vector-scoring
+  [2018-05-09T18:58:24,901][INFO ][o.e.n.Node               ] [] initializing ...
+ ...
+  [2018-05-09T18:58:29,089][INFO ][o.e.p.PluginsService     ] [Zs-WKd8] loaded plugin [elasticsearch-vector-scoring]
+ ...
+  [2018-05-09T18:58:36,108][INFO ][o.e.n.Node               ] [Zs-WKd8] started
+ ...
+```
+
+Now that you've got Elasticsearch up and running, you can go back to step 2.2.