diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c39d88d..d25ea61 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ COPY requirements.txt /code/
 
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 
+RUN groupadd -g 777 appuser && \
+    useradd -r -u 777 -g appuser appuser
+USER appuser
+
 COPY . /code/
diff --git a/Dockerfile-prod b/Dockerfile-prod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bfb9b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile-prod
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+FROM python:3.8-slim
+
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
+
+RUN mkdir /code
+WORKDIR /code
+COPY requirements.txt /code/
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install gcc -y && \
+    apt-get clean
+RUN pip install uwsgi && \
+    pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+RUN groupadd -g 777 appuser && \
+    useradd -r -u 777 -g appuser appuser
+USER appuser
+
+COPY . /code/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b011595..7300d5d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ You can then visit [localhost:5000](http://localhost:5000) to verify that it's r
 $ curl http://localhost:5000
 ```
 
+## Deployment
+
+Configuration files are located at `env.local` and `uwsgi.ini`.
+
+A production ready uWSGI daemon (uwsgi socket exposed on port 5000) can be started with:
+
+```bash
+docker-compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up -d --build
+```
+
 ## Routes
 
 ### `GET /v1/collections`
diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85c8e7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  web:
+    command: uwsgi --ini uwsgi.ini
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile-prod
+    ports:
+      - "5000:5000"
+    restart: on-failure
diff --git a/uwsgi.ini b/uwsgi.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eac1d78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uwsgi.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[uwsgi]
+module = main:app
+socket = 0.0.0.0:5000
+master = true
+processes = 4