diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index da55b34c4..250b4d25d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,12 +1,27 @@
-FROM       ubuntu:13.10
+FROM       golang:1.4
 MAINTAINER Prometheus Team <prometheus-developers@googlegroups.com>
+RUN        apt-get -qy update && apt-get -qy install vim-common gcc mercurial && \
+           go get github.com/tools/godep
+
+WORKDIR    /go/src/github.com/prometheus/prometheus
+ADD        . /go/src/github.com/prometheus/prometheus
+
+RUN  godep restore && go get -d
+RUN  ./utility/embed-static.sh web/static web/templates | gofmt > web/blob/files.go
+
+RUN  go build -ldflags " \
+       -X main.buildVersion  $(cat VERSION) \
+       -X main.buildRevision $(git rev-parse --short HEAD) \
+       -X main.buildBranch   $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) \
+       -X main.buildUser     root \
+       -X main.buildDate     $(date +%Y%m%d-%H:%M:%S) \
+       -X main.goVersion     $GOLANG_VERSION \
+     "
+RUN  cd tools/rule_checker && go build
+ADD  ./documentation/examples/prometheus.conf /prometheus.conf
+
 EXPOSE     9090
 VOLUME     [ "/prometheus" ]
 WORKDIR    /prometheus
-
-ENTRYPOINT [ "/prometheus-src/prometheus" ]
-CMD        [ "-config.file=/prometheus.conf" ]
-RUN        apt-get update && apt-get install -yq make git curl sudo mercurial vim-common gcc
-ADD        . /prometheus-src
-RUN        cd /prometheus-src && make tools binary
-ADD        ./documentation/examples/prometheus.conf /prometheus.conf
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/go/src/github.com/prometheus/prometheus/prometheus" ]
+CMD        [ "-logtostderr", "-config.file=/prometheus.conf" ]
diff --git a/Makefile.INCLUDE b/Makefile.INCLUDE
index fa79d0f0b..799c00435 100644
--- a/Makefile.INCLUDE
+++ b/Makefile.INCLUDE
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 .SUFFIXES:
 
-VERSION=0.9.0rc3
+VERSION=$(shell cat `git rev-parse --show-toplevel`/VERSION)
 
 OS=$(shell uname)
 ARCH=$(shell uname -m)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bef126c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.9.0rc3