diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 70004d8..ecdcd6d 100755
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ node_js:
   - '0.12'
   - "iojs-v1.0.4"
 
+sudo: required
+services:
+  - docker
+
 compiler: clang
 
 env:
@@ -50,6 +54,7 @@ install:
   # test our module
   - npm test
   - node lib/opencv.js
+  - docker build -t peterbraden/node-opencv .
 
 before_script:
   - echo "Publishing native platform Binary Package? ->" $PUBLISH_BINARY
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3919141..7e4334e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,5 +16,4 @@ run apt-get update
 run apt-get install -y libcv-dev libcvaux-dev libhighgui-dev libopencv-dev
 run curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup | bash -
 run apt-get install -y nodejs
-# ensure npm installs at v3.2.0 vice tip
 run	npm install opencv || cat npm-debug.log
diff --git a/test/Dockerfile-ubuntu-12-04 b/test/Dockerfile-ubuntu-12-04
index 2af10e5..735625d 100644
--- a/test/Dockerfile-ubuntu-12-04
+++ b/test/Dockerfile-ubuntu-12-04
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
-# This file describes how to build node-opencv into a runnable linux container with all dependencies installed
-# To build:
-# 1) Install docker (http://docker.io)
-# 2) Build: wget https://raw.github.com/dotcloud/docker/v0.1.6/contrib/docker-build/docker-build && python docker-build $USER/node-opencv < Dockerfile
-# 3) Test: docker run $USER/node-opencv node -e "console.log(require('opencv').version)"
-#
-# VERSION		0.1
-# DOCKER-VERSION	0.1.6
-
+# This is a dockerfile to test the build on ubuntu 12.04
 from	ubuntu:12.04
 run apt-get update -qq
 run apt-get install -y software-properties-common python-software-properties
@@ -15,4 +7,7 @@ run apt-get update
 run apt-get install -y libcv-dev libcvaux-dev libhighgui-dev libopencv-dev
 run curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup | bash -
 run apt-get install -y nodejs
-run	npm install opencv || cat npm-debug.log
+WORKDIR /root/node-opencv
+add . /root/node-opencv
+run	npm install --unsafe-perm --build-from-source || cat npm-debug.log
+run make test
diff --git a/test/Dockerfile-ubuntu-14-04 b/test/Dockerfile-ubuntu-14-04
index 3919141..262a37d 100644
--- a/test/Dockerfile-ubuntu-14-04
+++ b/test/Dockerfile-ubuntu-14-04
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
-# This file describes how to build node-opencv into a runnable linux container with all dependencies installed
-# To build:
-# 1) Install docker (http://docker.io)
-# 2) Build: wget https://raw.github.com/dotcloud/docker/v0.1.6/contrib/docker-build/docker-build && python docker-build $USER/node-opencv < Dockerfile
-# 3) Test: docker run $USER/node-opencv node -e "console.log(require('opencv').version)"
-#
-# VERSION		0.2
-# DOCKER-VERSION	8.1.2
-
-# update to 14.04
+# This is a dockerfile to test the build on ubuntu 14.04
 from	ubuntu:14.04
 run apt-get update -qq
 run apt-get install -y software-properties-common python-software-properties
@@ -16,5 +7,7 @@ run apt-get update
 run apt-get install -y libcv-dev libcvaux-dev libhighgui-dev libopencv-dev
 run curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup | bash -
 run apt-get install -y nodejs
-# ensure npm installs at v3.2.0 vice tip
-run	npm install opencv || cat npm-debug.log
+WORKDIR /root/node-opencv
+add . /root/node-opencv
+run	npm install --unsafe-perm --build-from-source || cat npm-debug.log
+run make test