diff --git a/lib/builders/build-docker-image.nix b/lib/builders/build-docker-image.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa454bc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/builders/build-docker-image.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ dockerTools, foodogsquaredLib }:
+
+{ name, contents ? [ ], pathsToLink ? [ ], enableTypicalSetup ? true, ... }@attrs:
+
+dockerTools.buildImage (attrs // {
+  name = "fds-${name}";
+
+  copyToRoot = foodogsquaredLib.buildFDSEnv {
+    inherit pathsToLink;
+    name = "fds-${name}-root";
+    paths =
+      contents
+      ++ lib.optionals enableTypicalSetup (with dockerTools; [
+        usrBinEnv
+        binSh
+        caCertificates
+        fakeNss
+      ]);
+  };
+
+  runAsRoot = ''
+    ${lib.optionalString enableTypicalSetup ''
+      mkdir -p /data
+    ''}
+    ${attrs.runAsRoot}
+  '';
+
+  config = attrs.config // lib.optionalAttrs enableTypicalSetup {
+    Cmd = [ "/bin/bash" ];
+    WorkingDir = "/data";
+    Volumes."/data" = { };
+  };
+})
diff --git a/lib/builders/default.nix b/lib/builders/default.nix
index c7a9a54e..f0aadb91 100644
--- a/lib/builders/default.nix
+++ b/lib/builders/default.nix
@@ -224,4 +224,50 @@
     ```
   */
   buildDconfDb = pkgs.callPackage ./build-dconf-db.nix { };
+
+  /**
+    A wrapper for building Docker images.
+
+    # Arguments
+
+    A sole attribute set with the following attributes:
+
+    name
+    : Name of the container.
+
+    contents
+    : The contents of the FDS environment to be built with.
+
+    pathsToLink
+    : A list of directories to be shared with all of the derivations listed
+    from `contents`.
+
+    enableTypicalSetup
+    : Enable typical configuration.
+
+    The rest of the attributes are considered as part of the
+    `dockerTools.buildImage` argument.
+
+    # Type
+
+    ```
+    buildDockerImage :: Attr -> Derivation
+    ```
+
+    # Example
+
+    ```nix
+    buildDockerImage {
+      name = "typical-webdev";
+      contents = with pkgs; [
+        hello
+        ruby
+        npm
+        pnpm
+      ];
+      enableTypicalSetup = true;
+    }
+    ```
+  */
+  buildDockerImage = pkgs.callPackage ./build-docker-image.nix { foodogsquaredLib = self; };
 }
diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index 47d01499..e3804469 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ in pkgs.lib.makeExtensible (self:
 
     inherit (self.builders)
       makeXDGMimeAssociationList makeXDGPortalConfiguration makeXDGDesktopEntry
-      buildHugoSite buildFDSEnv buildDconfDb;
+      buildHugoSite buildFDSEnv buildDconfDb buildDockerImage;
     inherit (self.trivial) countAttrs filterAttrs';
     inherit (self.data) importYAML renderTeraTemplate renderMustacheTemplate;
     inherit (self.fetchers) fetchInternetArchive fetchUgeeDriver;