diff --git a/2.7rc1/Dockerfile b/2.7rc1/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50c98ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2.7rc1/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+FROM java:8-jre-alpine
+MAINTAINER felixlohmeier <felixlohmeier@opencultureconsulting.de>
+# OpenRefine 2.7 Release Candidate 1
+# derived from docker image vimagick/openrefine for personal use
+
+ENV OR_URL https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases/download/2.7-rc.1/openrefine-linux-2.7-rc.1.tar.gz
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN set -xe \
+    && apk add --no-cache bash curl jq tar \
+    && curl -sSL ${OR_URL} | tar xz --strip 1
+
+VOLUME /data
+WORKDIR /data
+
+EXPOSE 3333
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/refine"]
+CMD ["-i", "0.0.0.0", "-d", "/data"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8cfdc9..7f4e89f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Docker container for OpenRefine Server
 
-[OpenRefine](http://openrefine.org/) is a free, open source power tool for working with messy data and improving it. These docker images are automatically build from released versions (2.6rc1, 2.6rc2) or from the official GitHub Repository (latest).
+[OpenRefine](http://openrefine.org/) is a free, open source power tool for working with messy data and improving it. These docker images are automatically build from released versions (2.6rc1, 2.6rc2, 2.7rc1) or from official GitHub Repository (latest).
 
 * [GitHub Repository with Dockerbuild files](https://github.com/felixlohmeier/openrefine-docker)
 * [Docker Hub with docker images](https://hub.docker.com/r/felixlohmeier/openrefine/)
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ Dockerbuild files are inspired by [vimagick/openrefine](https://hub.docker.com/r
 ### versions
 cf. [OpenRefine Releases](https://github.com/OpenRefine/OpenRefine/releases)
 
+OpenRefine 2.7 Release Candidate 1 (2017-02-10) from java:8-jre-alpine **[2.7rc1]**
+> docker pull felixlohmeier/openrefine:2.7rc1
+
 OpenRefine 2.6 Release Candidate 2 (2015-10-14) from java:8-jre-alpine **[2.6rc2]**
 > docker pull felixlohmeier/openrefine:2.6rc2
 
@@ -20,7 +23,7 @@ OpenRefine Development Version (automated build) from ubuntu:trusty + jdk **[lat
 > docker pull felixlohmeier/openrefine
 
 ### usage
-> docker run -p 80:3333 felixlohmeier/openrefine:2.6rc2
+> docker run -p 80:3333 felixlohmeier/openrefine:2.7rc1
 
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