diff --git a/docker/server/README.md b/docker/server/README.md
index 9b5162f..3ca259b 100644
--- a/docker/server/README.md
+++ b/docker/server/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Build an image for an ARM based GNU/Linux:
 docker build . -t kiwix/kiwix-serve:latest --build-arg ARCH="arm32v7/"
 ```
 
+You can also deploy kiwix with [`docker-compose`](https://docs.docker.com/compose/). Check out a sample at [docker-compose.yml.example](docker-compose.yml.example)
+
 Screenshots
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diff --git a/docker/server/docker-compose.yml.example b/docker/server/docker-compose.yml.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b3a80d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/server/docker-compose.yml.example
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+version: '3.3'
+services:
+  kiwix-serve:
+      ports:
+        - 8080:80
+      image: kiwix/kiwix-serve
+      # uncomment next 4 lines to use it with local zim file in /tmp/zim
+      # volumes:
+      #   - /tmp/zim:/data
+      # command:
+      #   - *.zim
+      # uncomment next 2 lines to use it with remote zim file
+      # environment:
+      #   - 'DOWNLOAD=https://download.kiwix.org/zim/wikipedia_bm_all.zim'