diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 58785b38..0028d911 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ RUN mkdir -p /sites/1/ && \
 RUN cd /MG-RAST/conf && ln -s /api-server/Conf.pm && \
   cd /pipeline/conf && ln -s /api-server/PipelineAWE_Conf.pm
 
+# m5nr blast files
+RUN mkdir -p /m5nr/20100309 && \
+  cd /m5nr/20100309 && \
+  wget ftp://ftp.metagenomics.anl.gov/data/MD5nr/20100309/md5nr.blast.tgz && \
+  tar zxvf md5nr.blast.tgz && \
+  rm md5nr.blast.tgz
+
+RUN mkdir -p /m5nr/20131215 && \
+  cd /m5nr/20131215 && \
+  wget ftp://ftp.metagenomics.anl.gov/data/MD5nr/20131215/md5nr.blast.tgz && \
+  tar zxvf md5nr.blast.tgz && \
+  rm md5nr.blast.tgz
 
 # Execute:
-# /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -DFOREGROUND -f /MG-RAST/conf/httpd.conf
\ No newline at end of file
+# /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -DFOREGROUND -f /MG-RAST/conf/httpd.conf