diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 03ecf4a3..ffbb5283 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ jobs:
           - true
           - false
         include:
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            docker_pkg: distroless
+            optional_deps: false
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             docker_pkg: debian-plugins
             optional_deps: true
@@ -61,6 +64,11 @@ jobs:
             VERSION="${VERSION}-alpine"
             VERSION_SLIM="${VERSION}-slim"
             DOCKERFILE=Dockerfile.alpine
+          elif [[ $DOCKER_PKG == distroless ]]; then
+            VERSION="${VERSION}-distroless"
+            VERSION_SLIM="${VERSION}-slim"
+            DOCKERFILE=Dockerfile.distroless
+            FEATURES="${FEATURES},nosqlite"
           elif [[ $DOCKER_PKG == debian-plugins ]]; then
             VERSION="${VERSION}-plugins"
             VERSION_SLIM="${VERSION}-slim"
@@ -85,6 +93,13 @@ jobs:
                 fi
                 TAGS="${TAGS},${DOCKER_IMAGE}:latest"
                 TAGS_SLIM="${TAGS_SLIM},${DOCKER_IMAGE}:slim"
+              elif [[ $DOCKER_PKG == distroless ]]; then
+                if [[ -n $MAJOR && -n $MINOR ]]; then
+                  TAGS="${TAGS},${DOCKER_IMAGE}:${MINOR}-distroless,${DOCKER_IMAGE}:${MAJOR}-distroless"
+                  TAGS_SLIM="${TAGS_SLIM},${DOCKER_IMAGE}:${MINOR}-distroless-slim,${DOCKER_IMAGE}:${MAJOR}-distroless-slim"
+                fi
+                TAGS="${TAGS},${DOCKER_IMAGE}:distroless"
+                TAGS_SLIM="${TAGS_SLIM},${DOCKER_IMAGE}:distroless-slim"
               elif [[ $DOCKER_PKG == debian-plugins ]]; then
                 if [[ -n $MAJOR && -n $MINOR ]]; then
                   TAGS="${TAGS},${DOCKER_IMAGE}:${MINOR}-plugins,${DOCKER_IMAGE}:${MAJOR}-plugins"
diff --git a/Dockerfile.distroless b/Dockerfile.distroless
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fdb3f58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.distroless
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+FROM golang:1.21-bookworm as builder
+
+ENV CGO_ENABLED=0 GOFLAGS="-mod=readonly"
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y media-types openssh-server && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN mkdir -p /workspace
+WORKDIR /workspace
+
+ARG GOPROXY
+
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+
+ARG COMMIT_SHA
+
+# This ARG allows to disable some optional features and it might be useful if you build the image yourself.
+# For this variant we disable SQLite support since it requires CGO and so a C runtime which is not installed
+# in distroless/static-* images
+ARG FEATURES
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN set -xe && \
+    export COMMIT_SHA=${COMMIT_SHA:-$(git describe --always --abbrev=8 --dirty)} && \
+    go build $(if [ -n "${FEATURES}" ]; then echo "-tags ${FEATURES}"; fi) -trimpath -ldflags "-s -w -X github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/v2/internal/version.commit=${COMMIT_SHA} -X github.com/drakkan/sftpgo/v2/internal/version.date=`date -u +%FT%TZ`" -v -o sftpgo
+
+# Modify the default configuration file
+RUN sed -i 's|"users_base_dir": "",|"users_base_dir": "/srv/sftpgo/data",|' sftpgo.json && \
+    sed -i 's|"backups"|"/srv/sftpgo/backups"|' sftpgo.json && \
+    sed -i 's|"sqlite"|"bolt"|' sftpgo.json
+
+RUN mkdir /etc/sftpgo /var/lib/sftpgo /srv/sftpgo
+
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12
+
+COPY --from=builder --chown=1000:1000 /etc/sftpgo /etc/sftpgo
+COPY --from=builder --chown=1000:1000 /srv/sftpgo /srv/sftpgo
+COPY --from=builder --chown=1000:1000 /var/lib/sftpgo /var/lib/sftpgo
+COPY --from=builder --chown=1000:1000 /workspace/sftpgo.json /etc/sftpgo/sftpgo.json
+COPY --from=builder --chown=1000:1000 /etc/ssh/moduli /etc/sftpgo/moduli
+COPY --from=builder /workspace/templates /usr/share/sftpgo/templates
+COPY --from=builder /workspace/static /usr/share/sftpgo/static
+COPY --from=builder /workspace/openapi /usr/share/sftpgo/openapi
+COPY --from=builder /workspace/sftpgo /usr/local/bin/
+COPY --from=builder /etc/mime.types /etc/mime.types
+
+# Log to the stdout so the logs will be available using docker logs
+ENV SFTPGO_LOG_FILE_PATH=""
+# These env vars are required to avoid the following error when calling user.Current():
+# unable to get the current user: user: Current requires cgo or $USER set in environment
+ENV USER=sftpgo
+ENV HOME=/var/lib/sftpgo
+
+WORKDIR /var/lib/sftpgo
+USER 1000:1000
+
+CMD ["sftpgo", "serve"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index 58c7acbd..37a03d1c 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ SFTPGo provides an official Docker image, it is available on both [Docker Hub](h
 - [edge-alpine](../Dockerfile.alpine)
 - [edge-slim](../Dockerfile)
 - [edge-alpine-slim](../Dockerfile.alpine)
+- [edge-distroless-slim](../Dockerfile.distroless)
 
 ## How to use the SFTPGo image
 
@@ -200,6 +201,15 @@ This image is based on the popular [Alpine Linux project](https://alpinelinux.or
 
 This variant is highly recommended when final image size being as small as possible is desired. The main caveat to note is that it does use [musl libc](https://musl.libc.org/) instead of [glibc and friends](https://www.etalabs.net/compare_libcs.html), so certain software might run into issues depending on the depth of their libc requirements. However, most software doesn't have an issue with this, so this variant is usually a very safe choice. See [this Hacker News comment thread](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10782897) for more discussion of the issues that might arise and some pro/con comparisons of using Alpine-based images.
 
+### `sftpgo:<version>-distroless`
+
+This image is based on the popular [Distroless project](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless). We use the latest Debian based distroless image as base.
+
+Distroless variant contains only a statically linked sftpgo binary and its minimal runtime dependencies and so it doesn't allow shell access (no shell is installed).
+SQLite support is disabled since it requires CGO and so a C runtime which is not installed.
+The default data provider is `bolt`, all the supported data providers except `sqlite` work.
+We only provide the slim variant and so the optional `git` dependency is not available.
+
 ### `sftpgo:<suite>-slim`
 
 These tags provide a slimmer image that does not include `jq` and the optional `git` and `rsync` dependencies.