diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index c5df2ed84..a7a311d25 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -47,6 +47,21 @@ Then to run Anki:
 c:\> \pyenv\scripts\anki
 ```
 
+**ARM Linux**
+
+Since PyQt wheels are not available on PyPI, you'll need to use your system
+version instead:
+
+-   Ensure you're on a distro that has Python 3.9/3.10, glibc, and PyQt5.14+
+-   Install the PyQt packages, eg `apt install python3-pyqt5.qtwebengine`.
+-   Use the following commands:
+
+```
+$ python3.9 -m venv ~/pyenv --system-site-packages
+$ ~/pyenv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip
+$ ~/pyenv/bin/pip install aqt
+```
+
 ## Building from source
 
 Platform-specific instructions:
@@ -77,6 +92,8 @@ On Windows:
 .\scripts\build.bat
 ```
 
+Linux users can also optionally [build via Docker](../scripts/docker/README.md).
+
 The generated wheel paths will be printed as the build completes.
 
 You can then install them by copying the paths into a pip install command.
@@ -89,7 +106,20 @@ pip install --upgrade bazel-dist/*.whl
 
 On Windows you'll need to list out the filenames manually.
 
-If building on ARM Linux, please see the notes at the bottom of [Linux](./linux.md).
+You'll also need to install PyQt:
+
+```
+$ pip3 install pyqt6 pyqt6-webengine
+```
+
+or
+
+```
+$ pip3 install pyqt5 pyqtwebengine
+```
+
+On ARM Linux, see the instructions in the pre-built wheels section about a system PyQt,
+and please see the notes at the bottom of [Linux](./linux.md).
 
 ## Running tests
 
diff --git a/docs/docker/README.md b/docs/docker/README.md
index eb28a1905..f57232d5c 100644
--- a/docs/docker/README.md
+++ b/docs/docker/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 # Anki in Docker
 
-This README contains the instructions for building and running the Anki Docker image.
+This is an example of how you can build and run Anki from inside Docker. This
+approach keeps everything inside Docker images, and sends the GUI to an X11
+display over TCP/IP. This approach keeps things tidy, so may be a good choice
+for if you wish to build Anki irregularly and don't want to build it outside of
+Docker.
 
-Docker provides a standard for installing software on many systems
-(Windows, macOS, Linux), and it allows one to build software without cluttering a system
-with dependencies. The Dockerfile contains the instructions for building the Docker image,
-and it also serves as instructions for how to build Anki from source on Linux.
+It takes longer to build after small changes however, so for development, if you
+wish to use Docker, the approach [in the build
+scripts](../../scripts/docker/README.md) may be more appropriate.
 
 # Build the Docker image
 
diff --git a/docs/linux.md b/docs/linux.md
index d150ab925..ed044ab00 100644
--- a/docs/linux.md
+++ b/docs/linux.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ These instructions are written for Debian/Ubuntu; adjust for your distribution.
 Some extra notes have been provided by a forum member:
 https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/guide-how-to-build-and-run-anki-from-source-with-xubuntu-20-04/12865
 
+You can see a full list of requirements by looking at the [Dockerfiles](../scripts/docker/README.md)
+in the scripts folder.
+
 Glibc is required - if you are on a distro like Alpine that uses musl, you'll need
 to contribute fixes to the upstream [Rust rules](https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_rust/issues/390),
 then follow the steps in [Other Platforms](./new-platform.md).
diff --git a/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.amd64 b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.amd64
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f130acc69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.amd64
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+FROM debian:10-slim
+
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
+ARG uid=1000
+ARG gid=1000
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends \
+    bash \
+    curl \
+    curl \
+    findutils \
+    g++ \
+    gcc \
+    git \
+    grep \
+    libdbus-1-3 \
+    libfontconfig1 \
+    libgl1 \
+    libnss3 \
+    libpulse-mainloop-glib0 \    
+    libxcomposite1 \
+    libxcursor1 \
+    libxi6 \
+    libxkbcommon-x11-0 \
+    libxkbcommon0 \
+    libxrandr2 \
+    libxrender1 \
+    libxtst6 \
+    portaudio19-dev \
+    rsync \
+    pkg-config \
+    libssl-dev \
+    libegl1 \
+    libxkbfile1	\
+    libgstreamer1.0-0 \
+    libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0 \
+    libgstreamer-gl1.0-0 \
+    ca-certificates \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN curl -L https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk/releases/download/v1.10.1/bazelisk-linux-amd64 \
+    -o /usr/local/bin/bazel \
+    && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/bazel
+
+RUN mkdir -p /code/bazel-docker/home && \
+    echo groupadd -g ${gid} user && \
+    useradd -d /code/bazel-docker/home -m -u ${uid} user && \
+    chown -R user.user /code
+
+RUN ln -sf /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
+
+USER user
+COPY build-entrypoint /tmp
+WORKDIR /code
+ENV XDG_CACHE_HOME=/code/bazel-docker/home
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "/tmp/build-entrypoint"]
diff --git a/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.arm64 b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.arm64
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c177b2dac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.arm64
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+FROM debian:11-slim
+
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
+ARG uid=1000
+ARG gid=1000
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends \
+    python-is-python3 \
+    bash \
+    curl \
+    curl \
+    findutils \
+    g++ \
+    gcc \
+    git \
+    grep \
+    libdbus-1-3 \
+    libfontconfig1 \
+    libgl1 \
+    libnss3 \
+    libpulse-mainloop-glib0 \    
+    libxcomposite1 \
+    libxcursor1 \
+    libxi6 \
+    libxkbcommon-x11-0 \
+    libxkbcommon0 \
+    libxrandr2 \
+    libxrender1 \
+    libxtst6 \
+    portaudio19-dev \
+    rsync \
+    pkg-config \
+    libssl-dev \
+    libegl1 \
+    libxkbfile1	\
+    libgstreamer1.0-0 \
+    libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0 \
+    libgstreamer-gl1.0-0 \
+    ca-certificates \
+    # -- begin only required for arm64/debian11
+    python-is-python3 \
+    clang-format \
+    python3-pyqt5.qtwebengine \
+    # -- end only required for arm64/debian11
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+
+RUN curl -L https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk/releases/download/v1.10.1/bazelisk-linux-arm64 \
+    -o /usr/local/bin/bazel \
+    && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/bazel
+
+RUN echo groupadd -g ${gid} user && useradd -d /code/bazel-docker/home -m -u ${uid} user
+
+USER user
+COPY build-entrypoint /tmp
+WORKDIR /code
+ENV XDG_CACHE_HOME=/code/bazel-docker/home
+ENV PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES=/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "/tmp/build-entrypoint"]
diff --git a/scripts/docker/README.md b/scripts/docker/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1447b628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/docker/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Building in Docker
+
+This folder contains a script for building Anki inside a Docker container.
+It works by creating an image with the required dependencies, and then runs the
+build with the source folder mounted into the image. This will cause files to be
+written into `bazel-\*` and `node_modules` in the source folder as the build proceeds.
+The advantage of doing it this way is that most of the efficiency of building
+outside Docker is retained - you can make minor changes and run the build again,
+and only the changed parts need to be rebuilt.
+
+If you're looking for a fully isolated build, [this other
+approach](../../docs/docker/README.md) in the docs folder may suit you better. As
+it also includes runtime dependencies, it may be a useful reference for libraries
+you'll need to install before running Anki.
+
+# Usage
+
+Ensure Docker is installed on your machine, and your user has permission to connect
+to Docker. Then run the following command from the root folder of this source repo:
+
+```
+$ scripts/docker/build amd64
+```
+
+The resulting wheels will be written into bazel-dist. See
+[Development](../docs/development.md) for information on how to install them.
+
+If you're on an ARM Linux machine, replace amd64 with arm64.
diff --git a/scripts/docker/build b/scripts/docker/build
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..becfd5f7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/docker/build
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+test -e WORKSPACE || (
+    echo "Run from project root"
+    exit 1
+)
+
+arch=$1
+
+if [ "$arch" != "amd64" -a "$arch" != "arm64" ]; then
+    echo "usage: build [amd64|arm64]"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+rm -rf bazel-dist
+
+export DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1
+
+docker build --tag ankibuild --file scripts/docker/Dockerfile.$arch \
+    --build-arg uid=$(id -u) --build-arg gid=$(id -g) \
+    scripts/docker
+docker run --rm -it \
+    --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)",target=/code \
+    ankibuild
diff --git a/scripts/docker/build-entrypoint b/scripts/docker/build-entrypoint
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61eab413c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/docker/build-entrypoint
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+rm -rf bazel-dist
+bazel --output_user_root=bazel-docker/root \
+    build -c opt dist --symlink_prefix=bazel-docker/links/ \
+    --experimental_no_product_name_out_symlink
+tar xvf bazel-docker/links/bin/dist.tar
+bazel --output_user_root=bazel-docker/root shutdown