diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cb25f63..f1721bc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -161,6 +161,18 @@ certificates and files in `<host cert dir>` so that you can access the server vi
 docker run  --rm -p 80:80 443:443 -v <host tile dir>:/tilesets -v <host cert dir>:/certs/ consbio/mbtileserver -c /certs/localhost.pem -k /certs/localhost-key.pem -p 443 --redirect
 ```
 
+Alternately, use `docker-compose` to run:
+
+```
+docker-compose up -d
+```
+
+To reload the server:
+
+```
+docker exec -it mbtileserver sh -c "kill -HUP 1"
+```
+
 ## Specifications
 
 -   expects mbtiles files to follow version 1.0 of the [mbtiles specification](https://github.com/mapbox/mbtiles-spec). Version 1.1 is preferred.
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f13336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  mbtileserver:
+    image: consbio/mbtileserver:latest
+    container_name: mbtileserver
+    entrypoint: /mbtileserver --enable-reload
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - 8080:8000
+    volumes:
+      - ./mbtiles/testdata:/tilesets