diff --git a/dashboard/env/linux-x86-base/Dockerfile b/dashboard/env/linux-x86-base/Dockerfile
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+# Copyright 2014 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+# license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+# Base builder image: gobuilders/linux-x86-base
+
+FROM debian:wheezy
+MAINTAINER golang-dev <golang-dev@googlegroups.com>
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
+
+# For running curl to get the hg starter tarballs (faster than hg clone).
+RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl ca-certificates
+
+# Optionally used by some net/http tests:
+RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends strace 
+
+# For building Go's bootstrap 'dist' program:
+RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gcc libc6-dev
+
+# For 32-bit builds:
+RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libc6-dev-i386
+
+# For interacting with the Go source & subrepos:
+RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends mercurial git-core subversion
+
+ENV GOPATH /gopath
+ENV GOROOT /goroot
+
+RUN mkdir -p $GOROOT
+RUN cd $GOROOT && curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/gobuilder/go-snap.tar.gz | tar x --no-same-owner -zv
+
+ENV GO_TOOLS $GOPATH/src/code.google.com/p/go.tools
+RUN mkdir -p $GO_TOOLS
+RUN cd $GO_TOOLS $ && curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/gobuilder/go.tools-snap.tar.gz | tar x --no-same-owner -zv
+
+RUN cd $GOROOT && hg update -C b8ff0ec2a724
+RUN cd $GOROOT/src && ./make.bash
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
+
+RUN cd $GO_TOOLS && hg update -C 881a2f3130de
+ENV GOBIN /usr/local/bin
+RUN /goroot/bin/go install code.google.com/p/go.tools/dashboard/builder
diff --git a/dashboard/env/linux-x86-base/Makefile b/dashboard/env/linux-x86-base/Makefile
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+# Copyright 2014 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+# license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+docker: Dockerfile
+	docker build -t gobuilders/linux-x86-base .
+
+push: docker
+	docker push gobuilders/linux-x86-base
diff --git a/dashboard/env/linux-x86-base/README b/dashboard/env/linux-x86-base/README
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+For now, you can at least do a single build of a single revision:
+
+$ export BUILD=linux-amd64-temp
+$ docker run \
+     -v $HOME/keys/$BUILD.buildkey:/.gobuildkey \
+     gobuilders/linux-x86-base \
+     /usr/local/bin/builder -rev=50ac9eded6ad -buildroot=/ -v $BUILD
+
+TODO(bradfitz): automate with CoreOS + GCE, ala:
+    https://github.com/bradfitz/camlistore/blob/master/misc/gce/create.go
+