diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f6a35c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+FROM r-base
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+	&& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+  libssl-dev \
+  libcurl4-openssl-dev
+RUN R -e 'install.packages("devtools", repos = "https://cran.r-project.org")'
+RUN apt-get update \
+	&& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+  libxml2-dev
+RUN R -e 'devtools::install_dev_deps("rstan", repos = "https://cran.r-project.org")'
+RUN R -e 'install.packages("RInside", repos = "https://cran.r-project.org")'
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index dbe55f0d5..107c465a6 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
 pipeline {
-    agent any
+    agent { dockerfile true }
     stages {
-        stage('Install dependencies') {
-            steps {
-                sh """
-                    export MAKEFLAGS=-j${env.PARALLEL}
-                    R -e 'install.packages("devtools", repos = "https://cran.r-project.org")'
-                    R -e 'update(devtools::package_deps("rstan"), repos = "https://cran.r-project.org")'
-                    R -e 'install.packages("RInside", repos = "https://cran.r-project.org")'
-                """
-            }
-        }
         stage('Build') {
             steps {
                 sh """