diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a8fe32b71706f..04acbb4ba3e87 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -69,3 +69,24 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - .:/velox:delegated
     command: cd /velox && make python-test
+
+
+  presto-java:
+  # Usage:
+  #   docker-compose pull presto-java or docker-compose build presto-java
+  #   docker-compose run --rm presto-java
+  #   or
+  #   docker-compose run -e NUM_THREADS=<NUMBER_OF_THREADS_TO_USE> --rm presto-java
+  #   to set the number of threads used during compilation
+    image: ghcr.io/facebookincubator/velox-dev:amd64-centos-8-avx
+    build:
+      args:
+        - PRESTO_VERSION=0.284
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: scripts/prestojava-container.dockerfile
+    environment:
+      NUM_THREADS: 8 # default value for NUM_THREADS
+      CCACHE_DIR: "/velox/.ccache"
+    volumes:
+      - .:/velox:delegated
+    command: /bin/bash -c "scl enable gcc-toolset-9 '/velox/scripts/docker-command.sh'"
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diff --git a/scripts/etc/config.properties.example b/scripts/etc/config.properties.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ec7a7345949da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/etc/config.properties.example
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+coordinator=true
+node-scheduler.include-coordinator=true
+http-server.http.port=8080
+discovery-server.enabled=true
+discovery.uri=http://localhost:8080
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diff --git a/scripts/etc/jvm.config.example b/scripts/etc/jvm.config.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f9cf9f0bb6689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/etc/jvm.config.example
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+-server
+-Xmx1G
+-XX:+UseG1GC
+-XX:G1HeapRegionSize=32M
+-XX:+UseGCOverheadLimit
+-XX:+ExplicitGCInvokesConcurrent
+-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
+-XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError
+-Djdk.attach.allowAttachSelf=true
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diff --git a/scripts/etc/node.properties b/scripts/etc/node.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6ec0b16f3576b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/etc/node.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+node.environment=test
+node.data-dir=/var/lib/presto/data
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diff --git a/scripts/prestojava-container.dockerfile b/scripts/prestojava-container.dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2bada158360ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/prestojava-container.dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# Build the test and build container for presto_cpp
+#
+FROM quay.io/centos/centos:stream8
+
+ARG PRESTO_VERSION
+
+ADD scripts /velox/scripts/
+RUN /velox/scripts/setup-centos8.sh
+RUN wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/facebook/presto/presto-server/${PRESTO_VERSION}/presto-server-${PRESTO_VERSION}.tar.gz
+RUN wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/facebook/presto/presto-cli/${PRESTO_VERSION}/presto-cli-${PRESTO_VERSION}-executable.jar
+
+ARG PRESTO_PKG=presto-server-$PRESTO_VERSION.tar.gz
+ARG PRESTO_CLI_JAR=presto-cli-$PRESTO_VERSION-executable.jar
+
+ENV PRESTO_HOME="/opt/presto-server"
+RUN ls
+RUN cp $PRESTO_CLI_JAR /opt/presto-cli
+
+RUN dnf install -y java-11-openjdk less procps python3 \
+    && ln -s $(which python3) /usr/bin/python \
+    && tar -zxf $PRESTO_PKG \
+    && mv ./presto-server-$PRESTO_VERSION $PRESTO_HOME \
+    && chmod +x /opt/presto-cli \
+    && ln -s /opt/presto-cli /usr/local/bin/ \
+    && mkdir -p $PRESTO_HOME/etc \
+    && mkdir -p $PRESTO_HOME/etc/catalog \
+    && mkdir -p /var/lib/presto/data \
+    && mkdir -p /usr/lib/presto/utils
+
+COPY scripts/etc/config.properties.example $PRESTO_HOME/etc/config.properties
+COPY scripts/etc/jvm.config.example $PRESTO_HOME/etc/jvm.config
+COPY scripts/etc/node.properties $PRESTO_HOME/etc/node.properties
+COPY scripts/start-prestojava.sh /opt
+
+WORKDIR /velox
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diff --git a/scripts/start-prestojava.sh b/scripts/start-prestojava.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..fcda45d78a8a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/start-prestojava.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+echo "node.id=$HOSTNAME" >> $PRESTO_HOME/etc/node.properties
+
+$PRESTO_HOME/bin/launcher run
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