diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 76bde8c..becf64c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ The following files are added (taken from Debian) to fix some common issues:
 - `/etc/services` : for named ports resolution
 - `/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0` : common required lib for project binaries that cannot be statically built.
 
+### prom/busybox:alpine : musl-libc
+
+Based on the official `alpine:latest` base image.
+
+The `busybox` executable is replaced by the [statically linked busybox](https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/package/v3.16/main/x86_64/busybox-static) from `alpine:latest`.
+The Alpine project provides far more timely security patches to `busybox` that the official `busybox` release.
+
 ## Build Docker images locally
 
 ```
diff --git a/alpine/Dockerfile b/alpine/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..270a90f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+ARG ARCH=""
+FROM        ${ARCH}alpine:latest as alpine
+
+RUN apk upgrade -U && \
+    apk add tzdata ca-certificates
+
+# Use the busybox.static to avoid dynamic library dependencies.
+RUN apk add busybox-static && \
+    mv /bin/busybox.static /bin/busybox && \
+    /bin/busybox --install -s /bin
+
+# remove extra package
+RUN apk del libc-utils
+
+# remove apk files and directories
+RUN apk del apk-tools && \
+    find / -name apk -prune -exec rm -rf {} ";"
+
+
+# remove extraneous folders
+RUN rm -rf media mnt opt run srv
+
+FROM        scratch
+MAINTAINER  The Prometheus Authors <prometheus-developers@googlegroups.com>
+
+COPY --from=alpine / /
+