diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
index 7ff90fc7c3..67a500a07a 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ DEBUG = _is_true(get_setting(
     CONFIG.get('debug', True)
 ))
 
+DOCKER = _is_true(get_setting(
+    'INVENTREE_DOCKER',
+    False
+))
+
 # Configure logging settings
 log_level = get_setting(
     'INVENTREE_LOG_LEVEL',
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/templatetags/inventree_extras.py b/InvenTree/part/templatetags/inventree_extras.py
index e8743028a0..734b365447 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/templatetags/inventree_extras.py
+++ b/InvenTree/part/templatetags/inventree_extras.py
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ def inventree_in_debug_mode(*args, **kwargs):
     return djangosettings.DEBUG
 
 
+@register.simple_tag()
+def inventree_docker_mode(*args, **kwargs):
+    """ Return True if the server is running as a Docker image """
+
+    return djangosettings.DOCKER
+
+
 @register.simple_tag()
 def inventree_db_engine(*args, **kwargs):
     """ Return the InvenTree database backend e.g. 'postgresql' """
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 3e0a7e1230..ea70d9f994 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ ENV INVENTREE_REPO="${repository}"
 ENV INVENTREE_BRANCH="${branch}"
 
 ENV INVENTREE_LOG_LEVEL="INFO"
+ENV INVENTREE_DOCKER="true"
 
 # InvenTree paths
 ENV INVENTREE_SRC_DIR="${INVENTREE_HOME}/src"