diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67db41d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+FROM docker.io/alpine:3.22 AS builder
+
+ARG USERNAME=criudev
+ARG USER_UID=1000
+ARG USER_GID=$USER_UID
+
+RUN apk update
+RUN apk add cmake \
+    make \
+    clang \
+    llvm \
+    git \
+    autoconf \
+    automake \
+    libtool \
+    m4 \
+    flex \
+    bison \
+    pkgconfig \
+    bash \
+    linux-headers \
+    patch \
+    coreutils \
+    gettext \
+    gettext-dev
+
+RUN apk add sudo
+RUN adduser -D -u $USER_UID -g $USER_GID $USERNAME \
+    && addgroup $USERNAME wheel \
+    && sed -i 's/# %wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL/%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL/g' /etc/sudoers
+
+USER $USERNAME
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2322e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+    "build": {
+        "dockerfile": "Dockerfile"
+    },
+    "customizations": {
+        "vscode": {
+            "extensions": [
+                "ms-vscode.cpptools-extension-pack"
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bd491c1..1ebb568 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@ build/
 dist/
 CMakeCache.txt
 _CPack_Packages
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0d46681..2a61b15 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ having it will make the final artifact more complete.
 
 ## Build
 
+**Note:** in case you don't want to do the setup yourself we provide a [devcontainer](https://containers.dev/) for this project.
+
 We only tested this in Alpine Linux, building on other Linux distributions should work
 but the instructions below should work on most major linux distros.