diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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index 000000000..bc6a3579f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/.zig-cache
+/zig-out
+
diff --git a/test/debian12/Dockerfile b/test/debian12/Dockerfile
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index 000000000..71895092b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/debian12/Dockerfile
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+FROM docker.io/library/debian:12
+
+
+RUN apt-get -y update
+RUN apt-get -y install xz-utils libadwaita-1-0 libc6 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libgtk-4-1 libharfbuzz0b libonig5 libx11-6
+ADD https://ziglang.org/download/0.13.0/zig-linux-x86_64-0.13.0.tar.xz /tmp/zig.tar.xz
+RUN mkdir /zig; tar --extract --strip-components 1 --directory /zig --file /tmp/zig.tar.xz
+ADD . /ghostty
+RUN cd /ghostty; /zig/zig build