diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8db7bb5..191be4c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,6 +61,17 @@ With the source being available it's also possible to produce custom builds
 directly using [Go][golang] or [GoReleaser][goreleaser].
 
 
+### Docker Compose
+
+An example configuration for [Docker Compose][dockercompose] is available in
+`contrib/docker-compose`:
+
+```shell
+env --chdir contrib/docker-compose docker-compose up
+```
+
+
+[dockercompose]: https://docs.docker.com/compose/
 [golang]: https://golang.org/
 [goreleaser]: https://goreleaser.com/
 [paperless-api]: https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/api/
diff --git a/contrib/docker-compose/.env b/contrib/docker-compose/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0040911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/docker-compose/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=prometheus-paperless-exporter
diff --git a/contrib/docker-compose/config/auth-token.txt b/contrib/docker-compose/config/auth-token.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2757e62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/docker-compose/config/auth-token.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+insecuretoken
diff --git a/contrib/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml b/contrib/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd9c54f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/docker-compose/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+version: "3.7"
+services:
+  exporter:
+    image: ghcr.io/hansmi/prometheus-paperless-exporter:latest
+    restart: on-failure
+    init: true
+    ports:
+      - 127.0.0.1:8081:8081
+    env_file: exporter.env
+    volumes:
+      - ./config/:/etc/exporter:ro
+
+# vim: set sw=2 sts=2 et :
diff --git a/contrib/docker-compose/exporter.env b/contrib/docker-compose/exporter.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5db29e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/docker-compose/exporter.env
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+PAPERLESS_URL=https://paperless.example.com
+PAPERLESS_AUTH_TOKEN_FILE=/etc/exporter/auth-token.txt
+PAPERLESS_SERVER_TIMEZONE=Australia/Sydney
+
+# vim: set sw=2 sts=2 et :