diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b8910e2..7a00281 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ ENV VERSION=$version
 #ADD ./container_files /opt/
 COPY autoexec/ /opt/autoexec/
 COPY certs/ /opt/httpd/ssl/
+
+# Copy any files found in /home/comanage/build/comanage/etc over to the container in /etc/, this is useful for shibboleth
+# e.g. /etc/shibboleth2.xml, /etc/shibboleth/sp-key.pem, /etc/shibboleth/sp-cert.pem, /etc/shibboleth/inc-md-cert.pem,
+# /etc/shibboleth/InCommon-metadata.xml
+COPY ./etc/ /etc/
+
 COPY conf/00-comanage-443.conf /opt/etc/httpd/conf.d/virtual_host_443.conf
 RUN ln -s /opt/etc/httpd/conf.d/virtual_host_443.conf /etc/httpd/conf.d/00-comanage-443.conf  
 VOLUME /etc/httpd/logs