diff --git a/scripts/docker-qemu.sh b/scripts/docker-qemu.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Runs a given script in the docker container you can generate from the
+# docker_build directory.
+# Example:
+#  To build sof for baytrail:
+#  ./scripts/docker-run.sh ./scripts/xtensa-build-all.sh byt
+#  To build topology:
+#  ./scripts/docker-run.sh ./scripts/build_soft.sh
+
+docker run -it --privileged -v `pwd`:/home/sof/sof.git \
+           -v `pwd`/../soft.git:/home/sof/soft.git \
+	   --user `id -u` sofqemu $@
diff --git a/scripts/docker_build/sof_qemu/Dockerfile b/scripts/docker_build/sof_qemu/Dockerfile
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+#
+# Defines a docker image that can run Xtensa Qemu
+#
+# Usage:
+# check out sof
+# build docker image:
+# cd scripts/docker_build/sof_qemu
+# ./docker-build.sh
+#
+# run docker image:
+# in sof repo
+# ./scripts/docker-qemu.sh scrpits-or-command-you-want-run
+#
+
+FROM ubuntu:18.04
+ARG UID=1000
+
+# Set up proxy from host
+COPY apt.conf /etc/apt/
+ARG host_http_proxy
+ARG host_https_proxy
+ENV http_proxy $host_http_proxy
+ENV https_proxy $host_https_proxy
+
+RUN apt-get -y update && \
+	    apt-get install -y \
+		autoconf \
+		build-essential \
+		git \
+		python \
+		zlib1g-dev \
+		libglib2.0-dev \
+		libpixman-1-dev \
+		pkg-config \
+		sudo
+
+
+# Set up sof user
+RUN useradd --create-home -d /home/sof -u $UID -G sudo sof && \
+echo "sof:test0000" | chpasswd && adduser sof sudo
+ENV HOME /home/sof
+
+# build qemu
+USER sof
+RUN cd /home/sof && git clone https://github.com/thesofproject/qemu.git && \
+	cd qemu && git checkout sof-stable && \
+# replace the submodule git repo to github mirror
+	sed -i 's#git://git.qemu.org#https://github.com/qemu#g' .gitmodules && \
+	sed -i 's#git://git.qemu-project.org#https://github.com/qemu#g' .gitmodules && \
+	./configure --prefix=`pwd`/ --target-list=xtensa-softmmu --enable-coroutine-pool && \
+	make
+
+# Create direcroties for the host machines sof/soft directories to be mounted.
+RUN mkdir -p /home/sof/sof.git && \
+    mkdir -p /home/sof/soft.git
+
+WORKDIR /home/sof/qemu/
diff --git a/scripts/docker_build/sof_qemu/docker-build.sh b/scripts/docker_build/sof_qemu/docker-build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+if [ -f "/etc/apt/apt.conf" ]; then
+	cp /etc/apt/apt.conf ./
+else
+	touch apt.conf
+fi
+docker build --build-arg UID=$(id -u) --build-arg host_http_proxy=$http_proxy --build-arg host_https_proxy=$https_proxy -t sofqemu .