diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3729ff0cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+**/.classpath
+**/.dockerignore
+**/.env
+**/.git
+**/.gitignore
+**/.project
+**/.settings
+**/.toolstarget
+**/.vs
+**/.vscode
+**/*.*proj.user
+**/*.dbmdl
+**/*.jfm
+**/azds.yaml
+**/bin
+**/charts
+**/docker-compose*
+**/Dockerfile*
+**/node_modules
+**/npm-debug.log
+**/obj
+**/secrets.dev.yaml
+**/values.dev.yaml
+LICENSE
+README.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/binding.cs b/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/binding.cs
index da2cf3ccf..3a9ae70a3 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/binding.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/ConsoleDrivers/CursesDriver/binding.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 //
 using System;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Terminal.Gui;
 
 namespace Unix.Terminal {
 #pragma warning disable CS1591 // Missing XML comment for publicly visible type or member
@@ -83,8 +84,25 @@ namespace Unix.Terminal {
 		static void LoadMethods ()
 		{
 			var libs = UnmanagedLibrary.IsMacOSPlatform ? new string [] { "libncurses.dylib" } : new string [] { "libncursesw.so.6", "libncursesw.so.5" };
-			curses_library = new UnmanagedLibrary (libs, false);
-			methods = new NativeMethods (curses_library);
+			var attempts = 1;
+			while (true) {
+				try {
+					curses_library = new UnmanagedLibrary (libs, false);
+					methods = new NativeMethods (curses_library);
+					break;
+				} catch (Exception ex) {
+
+					if (attempts == 1) {
+						attempts++;
+						var (exitCode, result) = ClipboardProcessRunner.Bash ("cat /etc/os-release", waitForOutput: true);
+						if (exitCode == 0 && result.Contains ("opensuse")) {
+							libs [0] = "libncursesw.so.5";
+						}
+					} else {
+						throw ex.GetBaseException ();
+					}
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		static void FindNCurses ()
diff --git a/UICatalog/Dockerfile b/UICatalog/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d3552bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/UICatalog/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#See https://aka.ms/customizecontainer to learn how to customize your debug container and how Visual Studio uses this Dockerfile to build your images for faster debugging.
+
+FROM opensuse/tumbleweed AS base
+RUN zypper -n update
+RUN zypper --non-interactive install libicu
+RUN zypper --non-interactive install libncurses5
+RUN zypper --non-interactive install wget
+RUN rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
+RUN wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/opensuse/15/prod.repo
+RUN mv prod.repo /etc/zypp/repos.d/microsoft-prod.repo
+RUN chown root:root /etc/zypp/repos.d/microsoft-prod.repo
+RUN zypper --non-interactive install dotnet-sdk-7.0
+
+ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8 \
+	TERM=xterm-256color \
+	DISPLAY=:0
+WORKDIR /app
+
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:7.0 AS build
+WORKDIR /src
+COPY ["Terminal.Gui/Directory.Build.props", "Terminal.Gui/"]
+COPY ["UICatalog/UICatalog.csproj", "UICatalog/"]
+COPY ["Terminal.Gui/Terminal.Gui.csproj", "Terminal.Gui/"]
+RUN dotnet restore "UICatalog/UICatalog.csproj"
+COPY . .
+WORKDIR "/src/UICatalog"
+RUN dotnet build "UICatalog.csproj" -c Release -o /app/build
+
+FROM build AS publish
+RUN dotnet publish "UICatalog.csproj" -c Release -o /app/publish /p:UseAppHost=false
+
+FROM base AS final
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=publish /app/publish .
+ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "UICatalog.dll"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/UICatalog/Properties/launchSettings.json b/UICatalog/Properties/launchSettings.json
index 0325ebcb2..2b666bdf8 100644
--- a/UICatalog/Properties/launchSettings.json
+++ b/UICatalog/Properties/launchSettings.json
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
       "commandName": "Project",
       "commandLineArgs": "\"Windows & FrameViews\""
     },
-    "Profile 1": {
-      "commandName": "Executable"
+    "Docker": {
+      "commandName": "Docker"
     }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/UICatalog/UICatalog.csproj b/UICatalog/UICatalog.csproj
index edd3dd689..b749a1be5 100644
--- a/UICatalog/UICatalog.csproj
+++ b/UICatalog/UICatalog.csproj
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     <FileVersion>2.0</FileVersion>
     <Version>2.0</Version>
     <InformationalVersion>2.0</InformationalVersion>
+    <DockerDefaultTargetOS>Linux</DockerDefaultTargetOS>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|AnyCPU'">
     <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
   <None Update="./Scenarios/Spinning_globe_dark_small.gif" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Azure.Containers.Tools.Targets" Version="1.19.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="SixLabors.ImageSharp" Version="3.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="CsvHelper" Version="30.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.PlatformAbstractions" Version="3.1.6" />