diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f8b7f5eb..df1d58eb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ ide/vs20??/VTune*
 out/
 docs/
 *.zip
+*.tar
+*.gz
diff --git a/docker/alpine-arm32v7/Dockerfile b/docker/alpine-arm32v7/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56f071db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/alpine-arm32v7/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# install from an image
+# download first an appropiate tar.gz image into the current directory 
+# from: <https://github.com/alpinelinux/docker-alpine/tree/edge/armv7>
+FROM scratch
+
+# Substitute the image name that was downloaded
+ADD alpine-minirootfs-20240329-armv7.tar.gz /    
+
+# Install tools
+RUN apk add build-base make cmake
+RUN apk add git
+RUN apk add vim
+
+RUN mkdir -p  /home/dev
+WORKDIR /home/dev
+
+# Get mimalloc
+RUN git clone https://github.com/microsoft/mimalloc -b dev-slice
+RUN mkdir -p mimalloc/out/release
+RUN mkdir -p mimalloc/out/debug
+
+# Build mimalloc debug
+WORKDIR /home/dev/mimalloc/out/debug
+RUN cmake ../.. -DMI_DEBUG_FULL=ON
+RUN make -j
+RUN make test
+
+CMD ["/bin/sh"]
diff --git a/docker/alpine/Dockerfile b/docker/alpine/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b222b791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# alpine image  
+FROM alpine
+
+# Install tools
+RUN apk add build-base make cmake
+RUN apk add git
+RUN apk add vim
+
+RUN mkdir -p  /home/dev
+WORKDIR /home/dev
+
+# Get mimalloc
+RUN git clone https://github.com/microsoft/mimalloc -b dev-slice
+RUN mkdir -p mimalloc/out/release
+RUN mkdir -p mimalloc/out/debug
+
+# Build mimalloc debug
+WORKDIR /home/dev/mimalloc/out/debug
+RUN cmake ../.. -DMI_DEBUG_FULL=ON
+RUN make -j
+RUN make test
+
+CMD ["/bin/sh"]
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diff --git a/docker/manylinux-x64/Dockerfile b/docker/manylinux-x64/Dockerfile
index 566685d4..22d37e5a 100644
--- a/docker/manylinux-x64/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/manylinux-x64/Dockerfile
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ RUN mkdir -p mimalloc/out/debug
 WORKDIR /home/dev/mimalloc/out/debug
 RUN cmake ../.. -DMI_DEBUG_FULL=ON
 RUN make -j
+RUN make test
 
 CMD ["/bin/sh"]
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