diff --git a/theia-extensions/.gitignore b/theia-extensions/.gitignore
index 918c86b59..51813a7a8 100644
--- a/theia-extensions/.gitignore
+++ b/theia-extensions/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-/test-package-*/
\ No newline at end of file
+/test-package-*/
+/k8s-app/docker-boot-dev/theia-spring-boot.tgz
diff --git a/theia-extensions/k8s-app/docker-boot-dev/Dockerfile b/theia-extensions/k8s-app/docker-boot-dev/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b883232f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theia-extensions/k8s-app/docker-boot-dev/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+FROM ubuntu:18.04
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+  build-essential \
+  gettext-base \
+  git \
+  jq \
+  openjdk-8-jdk=8u162-b12-1 openjdk-8-jre=8u162-b12-1 openjdk-8-jdk-headless=8u162-b12-1 openjdk-8-jre-headless=8u162-b12-1 openjdk-8-source=8u162-b12-1 \
+  curl
+
+RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | bash - \
+  && apt-get install -y nodejs
+
+RUN curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | apt-key add - \
+ && echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list \
+ && apt-get install tar \
+ && apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y yarn
+
+RUN adduser --disabled-password --gecos '' theia
+RUN chmod g+rw /home && \
+    mkdir -p /home/project && \
+    chown -R theia:theia /home/theia && \
+    chown -R theia:theia /home/project;
+WORKDIR /home/theia
+
+COPY theia-spring-boot.tgz ./theia-spring-boot.tgz
+COPY package.json ./package.json
+RUN chmod g+rw ./package.json && \
+    chown -R theia:theia ./package.json;
+
+USER theia
+RUN yarn add ./theia-spring-boot.tgz --cache-folder ./ycache && rm -rf ./ycache && yarn theia build
+EXPOSE 3000
+ENV SHELL /bin/bash
+ENTRYPOINT [ "yarn", "theia", "start", "/home/project", "--hostname=0.0.0.0" ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theia-extensions/k8s-app/docker-boot-dev/create-theia-boot-pkg.sh b/theia-extensions/k8s-app/docker-boot-dev/create-theia-boot-pkg.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2c12704bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theia-extensions/k8s-app/docker-boot-dev/create-theia-boot-pkg.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+workdir=`pwd`
+
+cd ../../theia-spring-boot
+./build.sh
+cd spring-boot
+tar_file=theia-spring-boot.tgz
+yarn pack --filename $tar_file
+mv $tar_file $workdir
diff --git a/theia-extensions/k8s-app/docker-boot-dev/package.json b/theia-extensions/k8s-app/docker-boot-dev/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52c697ec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theia-extensions/k8s-app/docker-boot-dev/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  "private": true,
+  "name": "browser-app",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@theia/core": "latest",
+    "@theia/editor": "latest",
+    "@theia/file-search": "latest",
+    "@theia/filesystem": "latest",
+    "@theia/git": "latest",
+    "@theia/java": "latest",
+    "@theia/languages": "latest",
+    "@theia/markers": "latest",
+    "@theia/messages": "latest",
+    "@theia/monaco": "latest",
+    "@theia/navigator": "latest",
+    "@theia/outline-view": "latest",
+    "@theia/preferences": "latest",
+    "@theia/process": "latest",
+    "@theia/search-in-workspace": "latest",
+    "@theia/terminal": "latest",
+    "@theia/textmate-grammars": "latest",
+    "@theia/workspace": "latest"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@theia/cli": "latest"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "prepare": "theia build",
+    "start": "theia start",
+    "watch": "theia build --watch"
+  },
+  "theia": {
+    "target": "browser"
+  }
+}