diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,3 +49,8 @@ and then run it with
 docker run --rm -it -v target/mainnetdb:/root/mainnetdb iotaledger/goshimmer
 ```
 You may replace `target/mainnetdb` with a custom path to the database folder.
+
+To start Shimmer in the background, you can also simply use [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/) by running
+```
+docker-compose up -d
+```
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+version: "3"
+
+services:
+
+  goshimmer:
+    image: iotaledger/goshimmer
+    container_name: iota_goshimmer
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - ./mainnetdb:/root/mainnetdb:rw
+    ports:
+      - "14666:14666/tcp"
+      - "14626:14626/udp"
+      - "14626:14262/tcp"
+    command: "-node-disable-plugins statusscreen"