diff --git a/Dockerfile.centos8.0 b/Dockerfile.centos8.0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bca1834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.centos8.0
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+FROM centos:centos8
+
+RUN sed -i 's|#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=http://vault.centos.org|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Linux-*
+
+# Install necessary packages
+RUN dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core \
+    && dnf install -y epel-release \
+    && dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools \
+    && dnf install -y gcc gcc-c++ make cmake git kernel-devel ca-certificates \
+    && dnf install -y libstdc++-static which
+
+# Enable the new toolchain always in any followed docker run commands
+COPY docker.centos8.0.entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh"]
+
+# vim: ft=dockerfile
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index af83447..f81b519 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ usage() {
   echo ""
   echo "Usage: $0 [OPTIONS] DISTRO"
   echo ""
-  echo "Available DISTROs are: ubuntu (resolved as ubuntu18.04), ubuntu18.04, ubuntu20.04, ubuntu22.04 or alpine."
+  echo "Available DISTROs are: ubuntu (resolved as ubuntu18.04), ubuntu18.04, ubuntu20.04, ubuntu22.04, alpine, centos or centos8.0"
   echo ""
   echo "OPTIONS"
   echo "  -h, --help        Show this help message and exit."
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ case $distro in
 	  distro_ver="ubuntu18.04"
 	  ;;
   centos) distro_ver="${distro}7.6" ;;
+  centos8.0) distro_ver="${distro}" ;;
   alpine) distro_ver="${distro}3.8" ;;
   *)
     echo "Unknown distro value: ${distro}"
diff --git a/docker.centos8.0.entrypoint.sh b/docker.centos8.0.entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3dd88ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker.centos8.0.entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+export CC=$(which gcc)
+export CXX=$(which g++)
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index e734cd4..62772cd 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ arch="x86_64"
 case $distro in
   ubuntu) distro_ver="${distro}16.04" ;;
   centos) distro_ver="${distro}7.6" ;;
+  centos8.0) distro_ver="${distro}" ;;
   alpine) distro_ver="${distro}3.8" ;;
   *)
     echo "Unknown distro value: ${distro}"