diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 0d760a06..dc20676e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: docker/build-push-action@53b7df96c91f9c12dcc8a07bcb9ccacbed38856a # v7.3.0
       with:
         context: .
+        file: docker/Dockerfile
         push: true
         tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
         labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1720fad7..44d695aa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ sudo dnf install mycli fzf python-pygments
 The images on Dockerhub are out of date.  ghcr.io is preferred.  Example:
 
 ```
-docker run --pull=always -it ghcr.io/dbcli/mycli:latest mycli --help
+docker run --pull=always -it ghcr.io/dbcli/mycli:latest
 ```
 
 ### Windows
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 901785eb..d1836d25 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Upcoming (TBD)
 ==============
 
+Features
+--------
+* Include a MariaDB server and example data in the Docker image.
+
+
 Documentation
 --------
 * Add `--pull=always` to documented `docker run` command.
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
similarity index 55%
rename from Dockerfile
rename to docker/Dockerfile
index 1ddd3254..bb6db476 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 RUN apt-get update -qq && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -qq \
     fzf \
+    mariadb-server \
     && \
     apt-get clean autoclean && \
     apt-get autoremove --yes && \
@@ -12,6 +13,14 @@ RUN apt-get update -qq && \
 
 COPY . /app
 
+RUN service mariadb restart && \
+    cd /app/docker/resources && \
+    gunzip -c test_db-1.0.7.tar.gz | tar -xf - && \
+    cd test_db && \
+    mariadb < employees.sql && \
+    cd .. && \
+    rm -r -- ./test_db
+
 RUN cd /app && pip install --root-user-action=ignore -e .[llm,dataframe]
 
-CMD ["mycli", "--help"]
+CMD ["sh", "-c", "service mariadb start && mycli --database employees"]
diff --git a/docker/resources/test_db-1.0.7.tar.gz b/docker/resources/test_db-1.0.7.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eae1d041
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