diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d536ee6e7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.git
+.gitignore
+.dockerignore
+Dockerfile
+build-docker.sh
+*.o
+*.lo
+*.la
+**/build
+**/.deps
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
index 573d42b225..c1cacdb138 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,6 @@ jobs:
           tags: ${{ steps.prepare_tag.outputs.image_id }}:${{ steps.prepare_tag.outputs.version }}
           build-args: | 
             BUILD_CPUS=16
-            DETECTED_TAG=${{ steps.prepare_tag.outputs.tag }}
+            MYVERSION=${{ steps.prepare_tag.outputs.tag }}
           push: true
           no-cache: true
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index cc45f66270..5845839c64 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,38 +1,53 @@
-FROM debian:bookworm-slim
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS build
+RUN apt-get update \
+  && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    autoconf \
+    automake \
+    build-essential \
+    ca-certificates \
+    cmake \
+    curl \
+    g++ \
+    gcc \
+    git \
+    jq \
+    libboost-filesystem-dev \
+    libboost-log-dev \
+    libboost-system-dev \
+    libboost-thread-dev \
+    libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+    libgoogle-perftools-dev \
+    libhiredis-dev \
+    libssl-dev \
+    libtool \
+    libtool-bin \
+    make \
+    zlib1g-dev
 
-ARG BUILD_CPUS=4
-ARG DETECTED_TAG=main
+WORKDIR /usr/local/src/drachtio-server
+COPY . .
+RUN ./bootstrap.sh
+WORKDIR /usr/local/src/drachtio-server/build
+ARG MYVERSION=1.0.0
+RUN ../configure --enable-tcmalloc=yes CPPFLAGS='-DNDEBUG' CXXFLAGS='-O2'
+RUN make -j$(nproc) MYVERSION=${MYVERSION}
 
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim
 RUN apt-get update \
-  && apt-get -y --quiet --force-yes upgrade \
-  && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates gcc g++ make build-essential \
-  cmake git autoconf automake  curl libtool libtool-bin libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev zlib1g-dev \
-  libgoogle-perftools-dev jq libboost-all-dev \
-  && git clone --depth=50 https://github.com/drachtio/drachtio-server.git /usr/local/src/drachtio-server \
-  && cd /usr/local/src/drachtio-server \
-  && git fetch --tags \
-  && echo "checking out ${DETECTED_TAG}" \
-  && git checkout ${DETECTED_TAG} \
-  && git submodule update --init --recursive \
-  && ./bootstrap.sh \
-  && mkdir build \
-  && cd build \
-  && ../configure --enable-tcmalloc=yes CPPFLAGS='-DNDEBUG' CXXFLAGS='-O2' \
-  && make -j${BUILD_CPUS} \
-  && make install \
-  && apt-get purge -y --quiet --auto-remove gcc g++ make cmake build-essential git libtool libtool-bin \
-  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/* \
-  && rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/* \
-  && rm -rf /var/lib/cache/* \
-  && rm -Rf /var/log/* \
-  && rm -Rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
-  && cd /usr/local/src \
-  && cp drachtio-server/docker.drachtio.conf.xml /etc/drachtio.conf.xml \
-  && cp drachtio-server/entrypoint.sh / \
-  && rm -Rf drachtio-server \
-  && cd /usr/local/bin \
-  && rm -f timer ssltest parser uri_test test_https test_asio_curl
+  && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    ca-certificates \
+    curl \
+    jq \
+    libboost-filesystem1.74.0 \
+    libboost-log1.74.0 \
+    libboost-system1.74.0 \
+    libboost-thread1.74.0 \
+    libgoogle-perftools4 \
+    libhiredis0.14 \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /var/cache/apt/archives/*
 
+COPY --from=build /usr/local/src/drachtio-server/build/drachtio /usr/local/bin/
+COPY docker.drachtio.conf.xml /etc/drachtio.conf.xml
 COPY ./entrypoint.sh /
 
 VOLUME ["/config"]
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index bc1469008e..6e50e09afd 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -25,9 +25,14 @@ drachtio_CPPFLAGS= -I${srcdir}/deps/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/su -I${srcdir}/dep
  -D_REENTRANT -DBOOST_LOG_DYN_LINK -DDRACHTIO_VERSION=\"$(MYVERSION)\" -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations \
  -DBOOST_ALLOW_DEPRECATED_HEADERS -O2
 
+if DEP_HIREDIS
+drachtio_CPPFLAGS += -I${srcdir}/deps
+AM_LDFLAGS += -L${srcdir}/deps/hiredis
+endif
+
 drachtio_LDADD= ${srcdir}/deps/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/.libs/libsofia-sip-ua.a \
   ${srcdir}/deps/jansson/src/.libs/libjansson.a \
-  ${srcdir}/deps/hiredis/libhiredis.a -lcurl -lpthread -lssl -lcrypto -lz
+  -lhiredis -lcurl -lpthread -lssl -lcrypto -lz
 
 if LINUX
 drachtio_CPPFLAGS += -Wno-stringop-overflow
@@ -54,6 +59,10 @@ endif
 BUILT_SOURCES=${srcdir}/deps/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/.libs/libsofia-sip-ua.a \
 	${srcdir}/deps/jansson/src/.libs/libjansson.a ${srcdir}/deps/prometheus-cpp/build/lib/libprometheus-cpp-core.a
 
+if DEP_HIREDIS
+BUILT_SOURCES += ${srcdir}/deps/hiredis/libhiredis.a
+endif
+
 clean-local:
 
 ${srcdir}/deps/sofia-sip/libsofia-sip-ua/.libs/libsofia-sip-ua.a:
@@ -67,5 +76,7 @@ ${srcdir}/deps/prometheus-cpp/build/lib/libprometheus-cpp-core.a ${srcdir}/deps/
 	cmake .. -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`pwd` && \
 	$(MAKE) && make install
 
+if DEP_HIREDIS
 ${srcdir}/deps/hiredis/libhiredis.a:
 	cd ${srcdir}/deps/hiredis && cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DENABLE_SSL=ON . && $(MAKE)
+endif
diff --git a/build-docker.sh b/build-docker.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..603ad497ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-docker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+docker build --build-arg MYVERSION=$(git describe --always) . "$@"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8ed659f08c..b4e77a3f9b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ AC_LANG(C++)
 AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_11()
 AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_17(noext, optional)
 
+AM_CONDITIONAL([DEP_HIREDIS], [test -f "${srcdir}/deps/hiredis/CMakeLists.txt"])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(OSX, false)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(LINUX, false)
 
diff --git a/src/blacklist.cpp b/src/blacklist.cpp
index cd16776068..67baabfab4 100644
--- a/src/blacklist.cpp
+++ b/src/blacklist.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 #include <boost/variant.hpp>
 #include <regex>
 
-#include  "hiredis.h"
+#include <hiredis/hiredis.h>
 
 #include "blacklist.hpp"
 #include "controller.hpp"