diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 030247d7af6..eaf24be9841 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ demo
 images
 log
 plans
+results
 support
+!support/devshell_profile.sh
 tmp
 vendor
 www
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 99e5e318ede..a671a1ca4bc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ RUN ln -snf /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node && npm install -g docco && echo "docco
 
 RUN (adduser --system hab || true) && (addgroup --system hab || true)
 
+COPY support/devshell_profile.sh /root/.bash_profile
 COPY .delivery/scripts/ssh_wrapper.sh /usr/local/bin
 COPY .delivery/scripts/git_src_checkout.sh /usr/local/bin
 COPY components/hab/install.sh /tmp
@@ -54,4 +55,4 @@ RUN /tmp/install.sh \
   && rm -rf /tmp/install.sh /hab/cache/{keys,artifacts}
 
 WORKDIR /src
-CMD ["bash"]
+CMD ["bash", "-l"]
diff --git a/support/devshell_profile.sh b/support/devshell_profile.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..378a8d16d19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/devshell_profile.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+info() {
+  case "${TERM:-}" in
+    *term | xterm-* | rxvt | screen | screen-*)
+      printf -- "   \033[1;36mHabitat devshell: \033[1;37m$1\033[0m\n"
+      ;;
+    *)
+      printf -- "   devshell: $1\n"
+      ;;
+  esac
+  return 0
+}
+
+echo
+info 'Plan for success!'
+
+if [[ -n "$HAB_ORIGIN" ]]; then
+  info "Exported: HAB_ORIGIN=$HAB_ORIGIN"
+fi
+if [[ -n "$HAB_DEPOT_URL" ]]; then
+  info "Exported: HAB_DEPOT_URL=$HAB_DEPOT_URL"
+fi
+if [[ -n "$http_proxy" ]]; then
+  info "Exported: http_proxy=$http_proxy"
+fi
+if [[ -n "$https_proxy" ]]; then
+  info "Exported: https_proxy=$https_proxy"
+fi
+echo