diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
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--- a/doc/README.md
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -134,3 +134,4 @@ The other SDRs (AW2S, LimeSDR, ...) have no READMEs.
 
 - [formatting](../tools/formatting/README.md) is a clang-format error detection tool
 - [iwyu](../tools/iwyu/README.md) is a tool to detect `#include` errors
+- [docker-dev-env](../tools/docker-dev-env/README.md) is a ubuntu22 docker development environment
diff --git a/tools/docker-dev-env/Dockerfile b/tools/docker-dev-env/Dockerfile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/docker-dev-env/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+FROM ran-base:latest
+ARG USERNAME=root
+ARG USER_UID=1000
+ARG USER_GID=1000
+
+# More developer tools can be added here
+RUN apt update && apt install -y vim sudo wget meson ninja-build libnuma-dev ccache
+
+# Create the user
+RUN groupadd --gid $USER_GID $USERNAME \
+    && useradd --uid $USER_UID --gid $USER_GID -m $USERNAME \
+    && echo $USERNAME ALL=\(root\) NOPASSWD:ALL > /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME \
+    && chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME
+
+## Download and build DPDK
+RUN cd /oai-ran && \
+    wget http://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-20.11.9.tar.xz && \
+    tar -xvf dpdk-20.11.9.tar.xz && \
+    cd dpdk-stable-20.11.9 && \
+    meson build && \
+    ninja -C build && \
+    ninja install -C build
+
+## Build Fronthaul library
+COPY cmake_targets/tools/oran_fhi_integration_patches/F/oaioran_F.patch /oaioran_F.patch
+RUN git clone https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/o-du/phy.git /opt/phy && \
+    cd /opt/phy && \
+    git checkout oran_f_release_v1.0 &&\
+    git apply /oaioran_F.patch && \
+    cd /opt/phy/fhi_lib/lib && \
+    WIRELESS_SDK_TOOLCHAIN=gcc RTE_SDK=/oai-ran/dpdk-stable-20.11.9/ XRAN_DIR=/opt/phy/fhi_lib make XRAN_LIB_SO=1
+ENV xran_LOCATION=/opt/phy/fhi_lib/lib/
+
+# This is a temporary solution to issue with apt: one of the installed packages creates a group that may
+# not be present in the host: remove the group entry to allow apt usage in container
+RUN dpkg-statoverride --remove /usr/bin/uml_net
+
+# Override ccache directory to avoid permission issues
+ENV CCACHE_DIR=/home/$USERNAME/.cache/ccache-oai-dev-env
+
+USER $USERNAME
diff --git a/tools/docker-dev-env/README.md b/tools/docker-dev-env/README.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Containerized development environment for OAI
+
+## Description
+
+This contains bash scripts for managing a ubuntu22 dockerized development enviroment for OAI. No need to install any
+tools on host machines except for docker
+
+ - `bootstrap.sh` - build development environment image and install the following bash aliases in `~/.bash_aliases`:
+   * `oai_start_dev_env` - start the development environment container and detach
+   * `oai_stop_dev_env` - stop the development environment container
+   * `oai_destroy_dev_env` - remove the container, deleting all data that is not on mapped volumes. All packages installed
+     using `apt` or other methods in system folders (e.g. `/usr/`) will be removed.
+   * `oai_enter_dev_env` - enter development environment
+
+## Installing
+
+Run `./bootstrap.sh`. This will build the `ran-base:latest` image if its not present on the system and 
+build the `openair-dev:$USER` image and install the aliases above.
+
+If not present, please add `source ~/.bash_aliases` into your `~/.bashrc`.
+
+## Assumptions
+
+ - The `bootstrap.sh` script will read the current environment to generate the docker image, running
+   it with sudo is not recommended.
+ - Your home directory is shared with the home directory inside the docker container.
+ - You can use the `oai_enter_dev_env` alias to enter the container from any directory within
+   your home directory - your home directory is mapped directly in the container. If you
+   need other directories to be mapped, add extra volumes to the `docker-compose.yml`
+
+## Using sudo in container
+
+`sudo` is not necessary in the container as it should already have the linux capabilities that running
+OAI requires. However it is still possible to run `sudo` in the container.
+
+## Updating and preserving your image
+
+Each image is personally tagged with username. You can update your image (e.g. install ubuntu system packages)
+either through modifying the Dockerfile (not recommended) or installing packages manually through `apt` and
+saving the docker container snapshot. If the environment is running just type
+
+```
+docker commit openair-dev-$USER openair-dev:$USER
+```
+
+This will update the image that is used in the aliases and preserve the modifications when you start the environment again.
+
+If you ever want to reset your image to the base prepared here just rerun the `bootstrap.sh` script
diff --git a/tools/docker-dev-env/bootstrap.sh b/tools/docker-dev-env/bootstrap.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8c21554dcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/docker-dev-env/bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+CONTAINER_NAME=openair-dev-$USER
+if [ "$EUID" -eq 0 ]; then
+    read -p "You are running this script as root. This might not work as expected. Do you want to continue? (Y/N): " response
+    if [[ ! "$response" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+        echo "Exiting script."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+if ! docker images | grep -q "ran-base"; then
+    echo "ran-base:latest image not found. Building the image..."
+    docker build -f ../../docker/Dockerfile.base.ubuntu22 -t ran-base:latest ../../
+else
+    echo "ran-base:latest image found."
+fi
+
+echo "Starting the build process for the Docker container..."
+docker build -f Dockerfile -t openair-dev:$USER --build-arg USERNAME=$USER --build-arg USER_UID=$(id -u) --build-arg USER_GID=$(id -u) ../../
+
+echo -e "\e[93mInstalling aliases to ~/.bash_aliases. Make sure to add 'source ~/.bash_aliases' in ~/.bashrc \e[0m"
+mkdir -p ~/oai-dev-env
+cp docker-compose.yml ~/oai-dev-env
+
+touch ~/.bash_aliases
+
+function add_alias() {
+  local alias=${1} cmd=${2}
+  if grep -q "${alias}" ~/.bash_aliases; then echo "cannot add alias ${alias}: already exists in ~/.bash_aliases"; return 1; fi
+  echo "alias ${alias}='${cmd}'" >> ~/.bash_aliases
+}
+
+add_alias oai_start_dev_env 'docker compose -f ~/oai-dev-env/docker-compose.yml up -d' || true
+add_alias oai_stop_dev_env 'docker compose -f ~/oai-dev-env/docker-compose.yml down' || true
+add_alias oai_enter_dev_env "docker exec -it -w \$(pwd) $CONTAINER_NAME /bin/bash" || true
+add_alias oai_destroy_dev_env "docker container rm -f ${CONTAINER_NAME}" || true
+
+source ~/.bash_aliases
diff --git a/tools/docker-dev-env/docker-compose.yml b/tools/docker-dev-env/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c88faaf9bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/docker-dev-env/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+services:
+  openair-dev-env:
+    container_name: "openair-dev-${USER}"
+    image: openair-dev:${USER}
+    command: "sleep infinity"
+    privileged: false
+    cap_add:
+      - NET_ADMIN
+      - SYS_ADMIN
+      - NET_RAW
+      - SYS_NICE
+       # CAPS for sudo to work
+      - CAP_SETUID
+      - CAP_SETGID
+      - CAP_SETFCAP
+      - CAP_AUDIT_WRITE
+      - CAP_MKNOD
+    volumes:
+      - /home/${USER}:/home/${USER}
+    working_dir: /home/${USER}
+    hostname: oai-dev-env