diff --git a/alchitry-loader/Dockerfile b/alchitry-loader/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ca2190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alchitry-loader/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+FROM debian:bookworm AS deps
+
+RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -qq -y --no-install-recommends build-essential
+
+
+
+FROM deps AS build
+
+ADD . /workspace
+WORKDIR /workspace
+
+RUN make loader
+
+
+FROM scratch AS export
+COPY --from=build /workspace/loader /
diff --git a/alchitry-loader/Makefile b/alchitry-loader/Makefile
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index 0000000..ef5a3c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alchitry-loader/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+sources = $(wildcard src/*.cpp)
+objects = $(sources:.cpp=.o)
+os = $(shell uname -s)
+static_libs = lib/$(os)/libftd2xx.a
+libs = -lpthread
+
+CXXFLAGS = -std=c++11
+
+export DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1
+
+# Assume target is Mac OS if build host is Mac OS; any other host targets Linux
+ifeq ($(os), Darwin)
+	libs += -lobjc -framework IOKit -framework CoreFoundation
+else
+	libs += -lrt
+endif
+
+loader: $(objects)  ## build the loader executable
+	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(static_libs) $(libs)
+
+build:  ## build the loader in docker (linux)
+	docker build -o . .
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm -rf loader $(objects)
+
+.PHONY: help
+help:           ## Show this help
+	@echo Noteworthy targets:
+	@egrep '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
diff --git a/alchitry-loader/lib/macos/libftd2xx.a b/alchitry-loader/lib/Darwin/libftd2xx.a
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rename from alchitry-loader/lib/macos/libftd2xx.a
rename to alchitry-loader/lib/Darwin/libftd2xx.a
diff --git a/alchitry-loader/lib/linux/libftd2xx.a b/alchitry-loader/lib/Linux/libftd2xx.a
similarity index 100%
rename from alchitry-loader/lib/linux/libftd2xx.a
rename to alchitry-loader/lib/Linux/libftd2xx.a
diff --git a/alchitry-loader/makefile b/alchitry-loader/makefile
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index 0cbea0b..0000000
--- a/alchitry-loader/makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-sources = $(wildcard src/*.cpp)
-objects = $(sources:.cpp=.o)
-static_libs = lib/macos/libftd2xx.a
-libs = -lpthread
-
-CXXFLAGS = -std=c++11
-
-UNAME := $(shell uname)
-# Assume target is Mac OS if build host is Mac OS; any other host targets Linux
-ifeq ($(UNAME), Darwin)
-	libs += -lobjc -framework IOKit -framework CoreFoundation
-else
-	libs += -lrt
-endif
-
-all: loader
-
-loader: $(objects)
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(static_libs) $(libs)
-
-.PHONY: clean
-
-clean:
-	rm -rf loader $(objects)