diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9f372b33..4e3b7375 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is part of REANA.
-# Copyright (C) 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2024 CERN.
 #
 # REANA is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
@@ -75,3 +75,6 @@ target/
 # Docs autogeneration
 cmd_list.txt
 cli_api.md
+
+# Bash history
+.bash_history
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8bf3031b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# This file is part of REANA.
+# Copyright (C) 2024 CERN.
+#
+# REANA is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
+
+# Use Fedora 39
+FROM registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:38
+
+# Install prerequisites
+# hadolint ignore=DL3033,DL3041
+RUN dnf install -y \
+        python3-click \
+        python3-jsonpointer \
+        python3-pathspec \
+        python3-pip \
+        python3-pulp \
+        python3-smart_open \
+        python3-swagger-spec-validator \
+        python3-tablib \
+        python3-tabulate \
+        python3-werkzeug \
+        python3-xrootd \
+        snakemake \
+        xrootd-client && \
+    dnf autoremove -y && \
+    dnf clean all && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Add sources to `/code` and work there
+WORKDIR /code
+COPY . /code
+
+# Install reana-client
+# hadolint ignore=DL3013
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir '.[tests]' && \
+    rm -rf /code
+
+# Run container as `reana` user with UID `1000`, which should match
+# current host user in most situations
+# hadolint ignore=DL3059
+RUN adduser --uid 1000  reana --gid 0 && \
+    chown -R reana:root /home/reana
+WORKDIR /home/reana
+
+# Run reana-client upon entry
+USER reana
+ENTRYPOINT ["reana-client"]
diff --git a/run-tests.sh b/run-tests.sh
index b6369d6d..7dd1d088 100755
--- a/run-tests.sh
+++ b/run-tests.sh
@@ -64,6 +64,18 @@ check_cli_api () {
     rm cli_api.md
 }
 
+check_dockerfile () {
+    docker run -i --rm docker.io/hadolint/hadolint:v2.12.0 < Dockerfile
+}
+
+check_docker_build () {
+    docker build -t docker.io/reanahub/reana-client .
+}
+
+check_docker_run () {
+    docker run --rm -v "$PWD"/tests:/home/reana/tests --entrypoint /bin/bash docker.io/reanahub/reana-client -c 'pytest tests'
+}
+
 check_sphinx () {
     sphinx-build -qnNW docs docs/_build/html
     sphinx-build -qnNW -b doctest docs docs/_build/doctest
@@ -82,6 +94,9 @@ check_all() {
     check_manifest
     check_cli_cmds
     check_cli_api
+    check_dockerfile
+    check_docker_build
+    check_docker_run
     check_sphinx
     check_pytest
 }
@@ -101,6 +116,9 @@ case $arg in
     --check-manifest) check_manifest;;
     --check-cli-cmds) check_cli_cmds;;
     --check-cli-api) check_cli_api;;
+    --check-dockerfile) check_dockerfile;;
+    --check-docker-build) check_docker_build;;
+    --check-docker-run) check_docker_run;;
     --check-sphinx) check_sphinx;;
     --check-pytest) check_pytest;;
     *) echo "[ERROR] Invalid argument '$arg'. Exiting." && exit 1;;