diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 713df49c2..1846a16c7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -136,6 +136,22 @@ set(ANBOX_STATEDIR_FULL "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LOCALSTATEDIR}/lib/anbox")
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/anbox/build/config.h.in
                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/anbox/build/config.h)
 
+
+# sdbus-cpp
+#   find includes and code-generator
+find_package(sdbus-c++ QUIET)
+find_program(XML2CPP "sdbus-c++-xml2cpp")
+
+# sdbus-c++-xml2cpp should be in PATH when building with docker container
+if(${sdbus-c++_FOUND} AND (NOT XML2CPP STREQUAL "XML2CPP-NOTFOUND"))
+  message(STATUS "sdbus-cpp: use installed library")
+  set(COMPILE_SDBUS_CPP FALSE)
+else()
+  message(STATUS "sdbus-cpp: compile from source")
+  set(COMPILE_SDBUS_CPP TRUE)
+endif()
+
+
 add_subdirectory(external)
 add_subdirectory(src)
 add_subdirectory(tests)
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 273422e70..44d29d5cc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,11 +1,37 @@
-FROM ubuntu:20.04
+# ---- BASE IMAGE
+FROM ubuntu:20.04 as base
 
-# hadolint ignore=DL3008
 RUN apt-get update && \
-  DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get install -qq -y --no-install-recommends \
+  DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get install --no-install-recommends --yes \
+    build-essential \
+    cmake
+
+
+# ---- COMPILE SDBUS-C++
+FROM base as sdbus-cpp
+
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get install --no-install-recommends --yes \
   build-essential \
+  libsystemd-dev \
+  pkg-config \
+  libexpat1-dev
+
+# copy and build library sdbus-cpp
+RUN mkdir -p /tmp/
+COPY external/sdbus-cpp /tmp/sdbus-cpp
+RUN   cmake -S/tmp/sdbus-cpp -B/tmp/sdbus-cpp/build \
+        -DBUILD_CODE_GEN=ON \
+        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
+    && make --directory=/tmp/sdbus-cpp/build --jobs=8
+    
+
+
+# ---- COMPILE ANBOX
+FROM base as anbox
+
+# hadolint ignore=DL3008
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get install --no-install-recommends --yes \
   ca-certificates \
-  cmake \
   cmake-data \
   cmake-extras \
   debhelper \
@@ -33,10 +59,14 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
   libsdl2-image-dev \
   libsystemd-dev \
   lxc-dev \
-  pkg-config \
   python3 \
   protobuf-compiler && \
   apt-get clean && \
   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# install sdbus-cpp and add to path
+COPY --from=sdbus-cpp /tmp/sdbus-cpp /tmp/sdbus-cpp
+RUN make --directory=/tmp/sdbus-cpp/build install
+ENV PATH="/usr/local/bin/sdbus-c++-xml2cpp:${PATH}"
+
 WORKDIR /anbox
diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index f677aa0d3..a73b021be 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@ add_subdirectory(backward-cpp)
 set(BUILD_TESTING OFF)
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wno-error")
 add_subdirectory(cpu_features)
-include(ExternalProject)
-ExternalProject_Add(sdbus-cpp
-  PREFIX sdbus-cpp
-  SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sdbus-cpp"
-  INSTALL_COMMAND ""
-  CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
-        -DBUILD_CODE_GEN:BOOL=ON
-        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF
-)
+
+if(COMPILE_SDBUS_CPP)
+    include(ExternalProject)
+    ExternalProject_Add(sdbus-cpp
+        PREFIX sdbus-cpp
+        SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sdbus-cpp"
+        INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+        CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
+                -DBUILD_CODE_GEN:BOOL=ON
+                -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF
+    )
+endif()
+
diff --git a/scripts/build-with-docker.sh b/scripts/build-with-docker.sh
index 50722f49f..3ec63556b 100755
--- a/scripts/build-with-docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-with-docker.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-docker build -t anbox/anbox-builder .
+DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build -t anbox/anbox-builder .
 docker run --rm --user=$(id -u):$(id -g) --volume=$PWD:/anbox anbox/anbox-builder /anbox/scripts/build.sh $@
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 796b88150..f38a4eaa6 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ include_directories(
   ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/external/android-emugl/host/libs/renderControl_dec
   ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/external/android-emugl/host/libs/renderControl_dec
   ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/external/cpu_features/include
-  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/external/sdbus-cpp/include
 )
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DBINDERFS_PATH=\"\\\"${BINDERFS_PATH}\\\"\"")
@@ -59,7 +58,22 @@ add_library(anbox-protobuf
 target_link_libraries(anbox-protobuf
     ${PROTOBUF_LITE_LIBRARIES})
 
-set(XML2CPP ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/external/sdbus-cpp/src/sdbus-cpp-build/tools/sdbus-c++-xml2cpp)
+    
+# sdbus-cpp
+#   set includes and code-generator
+if(COMPILE_SDBUS_CPP)
+    # in-tree binary and includes
+    set(XML2CPP ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/external/sdbus-cpp/src/sdbus-cpp-build/tools/sdbus-c++-xml2cpp)
+    include_directories(
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/external/sdbus-cpp/include
+    )
+else()
+    # installed binary (must be in PATH) and includes
+    set(XML2CPP sdbus-c++-xml2cpp)
+    include_directories(
+        /usr/local/include/sdbus-c++
+    )
+endif()
 
 macro(DBusServer BaseName)
     add_custom_command(