diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c89f0ec1..b82fac25 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 make local build
 
 # Choose alpine as a base image to make this useful for CI, as many
 # CI tools expect an interactive shell inside the container
-FROM alpine:3.7
+FROM alpine:3.7 as production
 
 COPY --from=builder /go/src/mikefarah/yq/yq /usr/bin/yq
 RUN chmod +x /usr/bin/yq
 
+ARG VERSION=none
+LABEL version=${VERSION}
+
 WORKDIR /workdir
diff --git a/release_instructions.txt b/release_instructions.txt
index 1e45b2c8..db873d8f 100644
--- a/release_instructions.txt
+++ b/release_instructions.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 - docker
   - build and push latest and new version tag
+  - docker build .  --arg -t mikefarah/yq:latest -t mikefarah/yq:VERSION 
 
 - debian package
   - execute 
diff --git a/scripts/publish-docker.sh b/scripts/publish-docker.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..315eb197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/publish-docker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -ex
+VERSION="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)"
+docker build \
+  --target production \
+  --build-arg VERSION=${VERSION} \
+  -t mikefarah/yq:latest \
+  -t mikefarah/yq:${VERSION} \
+  .
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