diff --git a/container/Dockerfile b/container/Dockerfile
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+# Run with:
+#     podman build -t scrcpy-builder .
+
+FROM debian:trixie
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    sudo wget unzip gcc git pkg-config meson ninja-build libsdl2-dev \
+    libavcodec-dev libavdevice-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev \
+    libswresample-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev openjdk-21-jdk
+
+RUN groupadd -g 1000 debian \
+ && useradd -m -u 1000 -g 1000 -s /bin/bash debian
+RUN echo "debian ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
+
+ENV ANDROID_HOME=/opt/android/sdk
+RUN mkdir -p "$ANDROID_HOME" \
+ && chown debian:debian "$ANDROID_HOME"
+
+USER debian
+WORKDIR /home/debian
+
+ENV CMDLINETOOLS_URL=https://dl.google.com/android/repository/commandlinetools-linux-13114758_latest.zip
+ENV CMDLINETOOLS_SHA256=7ec965280a073311c339e571cd5de778b9975026cfcbe79f2b1cdcb1e15317ee
+
+RUN wget -q "$CMDLINETOOLS_URL" -O cmdlinetools.zip \
+ && echo "$CMDLINETOOLS_SHA256  cmdlinetools.zip" | sha256sum -c
+
+RUN mkdir tmp \
+ && unzip -q cmdlinetools.zip -d tmp \
+ && mkdir -p "$ANDROID_HOME/cmdline-tools" \
+ && mv tmp/cmdline-tools "$ANDROID_HOME/cmdline-tools/latest" \
+ && rmdir tmp \
+ && rm cmdlinetools.zip
+# To get the licence hash, run manually: "$ANDROID_HOME"/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager --licenses
+# Build-tools 35 is still needed for the current AGP version
+RUN mkdir -p "$ANDROID_HOME/licenses" \
+ && echo 24333f8a63b6825ea9c5514f83c2829b004d1fee > "$ANDROID_HOME/licenses/android-sdk-license" \
+ && $ANDROID_HOME/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager "platform-tools" "platforms;android-36" "build-tools;35.0.0" "build-tools;36.0.0"
+
+# For scrcpy build scripts
+ENV GRADLE_VERSION=8.14.3
+ENV GRADLE_HOME=/opt/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION
+ENV GRADLE_URL=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip
+ENV GRADLE_SHA256=bd71102213493060956ec229d946beee57158dbd89d0e62b91bca0fa2c5f3531
+ENV GRADLE=gradle
+ENV PATH=$GRADLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
+
+USER root
+RUN wget -q "$GRADLE_URL" -O gradle.zip \
+ && echo "$GRADLE_SHA256  gradle.zip" | sha256sum -c
+RUN unzip -q gradle.zip -d /opt \
+ && rm gradle.zip
+
+USER debian
+
+# Pre-download gradle dependencies for scrcpy
+RUN mkdir -p /home/debian/fake-scrcpy/app
+COPY fake.gradle /home/debian/fake-scrcpy/build.gradle
+COPY fake_app.gradle /home/debian/fake-scrcpy/app/build.gradle
+RUN echo "include ':app'" > /home/debian/fake-scrcpy/settings.gradle \
+ && gradle -p /home/debian/fake-scrcpy dependencies androidDependencies --no-daemon \
+ && rm -rf /home/debian/fake-scrcpy
diff --git a/container/fake.gradle b/container/fake.gradle
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+++ b/container/fake.gradle
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+// Fake build.gradle to pre-download gradle dependencies
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.13.0'
+    }
+}
+
+allprojects {
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/container/fake_app.gradle b/container/fake_app.gradle
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+++ b/container/fake_app.gradle
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+// Fake app/build.gradle to pre-download gradle dependencies
+apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
+apply plugin: 'checkstyle'
+
+android {
+    buildToolsVersion = "36.0.0"
+    namespace = "com.genymobile.scrcpy"
+    compileSdk 36
+    defaultConfig {
+        minSdkVersion 21
+        targetSdkVersion 36
+    }
+}
+
+checkstyle {
+    toolVersion = '10.12.5'
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
+}