diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 61ab492..5bdaf4f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -641,6 +641,24 @@ All `Dex` instances from the different environments will talk to the single
 
 For cloud end-to-end tests, a mocked OIDC server is created and used to authenticate with.
 
+#### Running E2E tests locally
+There's a docker file called `Dockerfile.localtest` which sets up the test environment similar to the one used by travis.
+Travis uses ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) as the default node to run build on unless changed with a `dist` directive.
+More details available [here](https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/reference/linux/)
+
+To run the test locally, run the following command
+
+1. Build the local image
+    `cd <osprey root>/e2e && docker build -f Dockerfile.localtest -t local-osprey-e2etest:1 .`
+2. Run the container with bash as the entry point
+    `docker run -it -v <osprey root folder>:/osprey local-osprey-e2etest:1`
+3. Inside the container run make test
+```
+   cd /osprey
+   export PATH=$PATH:/osprey/build/bin/linux_amd64
+   make test
+```
+
 ## HTTPS/ProtocolBuffers
 
 Given that aws ELBs do not support HTTP/2 osprey needs to run over HTTP.
diff --git a/e2e/Dockerfile.localtest b/e2e/Dockerfile.localtest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91404fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/Dockerfile.localtest
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+FROM ubuntu:16.04
+
+# DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive is needed in order for slapd not waiting for an interactive password to be supplied.
+RUN apt-get -y update && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends slapd && \
+    apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends ldap-utils && \
+    apt-get -y install tree && \
+    apt-get -y install curl && \
+    apt-get -y install build-essential && \
+    apt-get -y install git-all
+
+RUN curl -fsSL https://go.dev/dl/go1.18.10.linux-amd64.tar.gz -o /tmp/go1.18.10.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
+    tar -C /usr/local -xzf /tmp/go1.18.10.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+
+ENV PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
diff --git a/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go b/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
index 3499141..3ee2fbc 100644
--- a/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
+++ b/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go
@@ -96,9 +96,15 @@ var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
 	for _, aDex := range dexes {
 		dextest.Stop(aDex)
 	}
-	oidcTestServer.Stop()
-	apiTestServer.Stop()
-	ldaptest.Stop(ldapServer)
+	if oidcTestServer != nil {
+		oidcTestServer.Stop()
+	}
+	if apiTestServer != nil {
+		apiTestServer.Stop()
+	}
+	if ldapServer != nil {
+		ldaptest.Stop(ldapServer)
+	}
 	os.RemoveAll(testDir)
 })