diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c8f0f781..c155e136 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,27 @@
 language: julia
-sudo: false
-os:
-  - linux
-  - osx
-julia:
-  - 0.5
-  - 0.6
-  - nightly
+sudo: required
+services:
+  - docker
+git:
+  depth: 99999999
+
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - os: linux
+      julia: 0.5
+    - os: linux
+      julia: 0.6
+    - os: linux
+      julia: nightly
+    - os: osx
+      julia: 0.5
+    - os: osx
+      julia: 0.6
+    - os: osx
+      julia: nightly
+    - os: linux
+      julia: 0.6
+      env: DOCKER_BUILD=true
 notifications:
     email: false
 addons:
@@ -16,12 +31,7 @@ addons:
             - xauth
             - libgtk-3-0
 script:
-    - if [[ -a .git/shallow ]]; then git fetch --unshallow; fi
-    - if [[ `uname` = "Linux" ]]; then TESTCMD="xvfb-run julia"; else TESTCMD="julia"; fi
-    - $TESTCMD -e 'Pkg.clone(pwd()); using BinDeps;
-          println(BinDeps.debug("Gtk"));
-          Pkg.build("Gtk");
-          Pkg.test("Gtk"; coverage=true)'
+    - ./travis-script.sh
 after_success:
     - julia -e 'cd(Pkg.dir("Gtk"));
                 Pkg.add("Coverage");
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c93d26a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Derived from https://github.com/docker-library/julia which is distributed
+# under the terms of the MIT Expat license and is 
+# Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Docker, Inc.
+
+
+# FROM ubuntu:trusty-20171117
+FROM ubuntu:xenial-20171114
+# FROM ubuntu:zesty-20171114
+# FROM ubuntu:artful-20171116
+# FROM debian:jessie
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+	&& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+		ca-certificates \
+		curl
+
+ENV JULIA_PATH /usr/local/julia
+
+# https://julialang.org/downloads/
+ENV JULIA_VERSION 0.6.1
+
+RUN set -ex; \
+# https://julialang.org/downloads/#julia-command-line-version
+# https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/checksums/julia-0.6.1.sha256
+# this "case" statement is generated via "update.sh"
+	dpkgArch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"; \
+	case "${dpkgArch##*-}" in \
+		amd64) tarArch='x86_64'; dirArch='x64'; sha256='d73f988b4d5889b30063f40c2f9ad4a2487f0ea87d6aa0b8ed53e789782bb323' ;; \
+		armhf) tarArch='armv7l'; dirArch='armv7l'; sha256='ee2cea5a6e5763fb2ef38b585560000c7fb2cee9a7e2330d4eae278beed4d7e6' ;; \
+		arm64) tarArch='aarch64'; dirArch='aarch64'; sha256='945c1657ca4a8d76b7136829cf06dddbd5343dfdfa6b20d2308ae0dc08c5ca79' ;; \
+		i386) tarArch='i686'; dirArch='x86'; sha256='88cf40e45558958f9a23540d52209fd050d82512bbbe8dec03db7d0976cc645a' ;; \
+		*) echo >&2 "error: current architecture ($dpkgArch) does not have a corresponding Julia binary release"; exit 1 ;; \
+	esac; \
+	curl -fL -o julia.tar.gz     "https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/${dirArch}/${JULIA_VERSION%[.-]*}/julia-${JULIA_VERSION}-linux-${tarArch}.tar.gz"; \
+	curl -fL -o julia.tar.gz.asc "https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/${dirArch}/${JULIA_VERSION%[.-]*}/julia-${JULIA_VERSION}-linux-${tarArch}.tar.gz.asc"; \
+	mkdir "$JULIA_PATH"; \
+	tar -xzf julia.tar.gz -C "$JULIA_PATH" --strip-components 1; \
+	rm julia.tar.gz
+
+
+ENV PATH $JULIA_PATH/bin:$PATH
+
+# Copy the current directory contents into the container at /app
+ADD . /Gtk
+
+# Set the working directory to /app
+WORKDIR /Gtk
+
+RUN echo 'APT::Get::Assume-Yes "true";' | tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00Do-not-ask
+
+RUN julia -e "Pkg.init()"
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive julia -e "Pkg.clone(pwd()); Pkg.build(\"Gtk\")"
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+	&& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+		xvfb \
+		xauth
+
+RUN xvfb-run julia -e "Pkg.test(\"Gtk\")"
diff --git a/deps/build.jl b/deps/build.jl
index 5b3351bf..81817c46 100755
--- a/deps/build.jl
+++ b/deps/build.jl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ deps = [
 ]
 
 if @compat is_linux()
-    provides(AptGet, "libgtk-3-0", deps)
+    provides(AptGet, "libgtk-3-dev", deps)
     provides(Yum, "gtk3", deps)
 end
 
diff --git a/travis-script.sh b/travis-script.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..30afe788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/travis-script.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -ex
+
+if [[ "$DOCKER_BUILD" = true ]]; then 
+	docker build -t gtkjl .
+else
+	if [[ `uname` = "Linux" ]]; then 
+		TESTCMD="xvfb-run julia"
+	else 
+		TESTCMD="julia"
+	fi
+	$TESTCMD -e 'Pkg.clone(pwd()); using BinDeps;
+	      println(BinDeps.debug("Gtk"));
+	      Pkg.build("Gtk");
+	      Pkg.test("Gtk"; coverage=true)'
+fi
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