diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b07cdc619a..39f2853e5f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,54 +1,35 @@
+FROM alpine:3.12 AS build
 
-ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.6.7
-
-FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-stretch AS build
-CMD ["bash"]
 ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
-ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-ARG DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN=true
-RUN apt-get update \
- && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+ENV LANG=C.UTF-8
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache \
+        automake \
         autoconf \
+        build-base \
         bison \
-        build-essential \
         flex \
         git \
         libtool \
- && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+        oniguruma-dev
 
 WORKDIR /app
-
-# Install docs dependencies; we're only copying the Pipfile here,
-# so that this is only run again if dependencies change
-RUN  pip3 install pipenv
-COPY docs/Pipfile docs/Pipfile.lock ./docs/
-RUN  cd docs && pipenv sync
-
-COPY .gitmodules .
-COPY .git        ./.git/
-RUN git submodule init
-RUN git submodule update
-RUN sed -i.bak '/^AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(\[-Wno-portability 1\.14\])$/s/14/11/' modules/oniguruma/configure.ac
-
 COPY . .
 RUN autoreconf -if
-RUN ./configure --disable-valgrind --with-oniguruma=builtin YACC=/usr/bin/bison
-RUN make BISON_PKGDATADIR=/usr/bin/bison src/parser.c || make src/parser.c
-RUN make -j8
-RUN make check -j8
-RUN make DESTDIR=/build install
-RUN /build/usr/local/bin/jq -V
-
-# Collect the files for the final image
-FROM debian:stretch-slim AS deploy
-ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
-ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-ARG DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN=true
-RUN apt-get update \
- && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends man \
- && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-COPY --from=build /build/usr/local/.  /usr/local/
-RUN jq -V
-ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/jq"]
+RUN ./configure --disable-docs --enable-all-static CFLAGS='-Os -static -no-pie' CXXFLAGS='-Os -static -no-pie'
+RUN make
+RUN make check
+RUN strip jq
+
+# Ensure that the built executable is really statically linked.
+RUN file jq | grep -Fw 'statically linked'
+
+# The deploy stage is the final image, and only contains artefacts
+# that should be published.
+FROM scratch AS deploy
+COPY --from=build /app/AUTHORS /
+COPY --from=build /app/COPYING /
+COPY --from=build /app/jq      /jq
+RUN ["/jq", "-V"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/jq"]
 CMD ["--help"]
diff --git a/Dockerfile.debian b/Dockerfile.debian
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a3ada2424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.debian
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.6.7
+
+FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-stretch AS build
+CMD ["bash"]
+ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+ARG DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN=true
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        autoconf \
+        bison \
+        build-essential \
+        flex \
+        git \
+        libtool \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install docs dependencies; we're only copying the Pipfile here,
+# so that this is only run again if dependencies change
+RUN  pip3 install pipenv
+COPY docs/Pipfile docs/Pipfile.lock ./docs/
+RUN  cd docs && pipenv sync
+
+COPY .gitmodules .
+COPY .git        ./.git/
+RUN git submodule init
+RUN git submodule update
+RUN sed -i.bak '/^AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(\[-Wno-portability 1\.14\])$/s/14/11/' modules/oniguruma/configure.ac
+
+COPY . .
+RUN autoreconf -if
+RUN ./configure --disable-valgrind --with-oniguruma=builtin YACC=/usr/bin/bison --prefix=/build/
+RUN make BISON_PKGDATADIR=/usr/bin/bison src/parser.c || make src/parser.c
+RUN make -j8
+RUN make check -j8
+RUN make install
+RUN /build/bin/jq -V
+
+# Collect the files for the final image
+FROM debian:stretch-slim AS deploy
+ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+ARG DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN=true
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends man \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY --from=build /build/.  /usr/local/
+RUN jq -V
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/jq"]
+CMD ["--help"]