diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ebb0eb9e42..b7e6186210 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ ENV TZ=${TZ} \
     locales \
     tzdata \
     gunicorn \
+    uvicorn \
     python3-dateutil \
     python3-gevent \
     python3-greenlet \
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ RUN \
 
     # Install remaining pygeoapi deps
     && pip3 install -r requirements-docker.txt \
+    && pip3 install -r requirements-starlette.txt \
 
     # Install pygeoapi
     && pip3 install -e . \
diff --git a/docker/entrypoint.sh b/docker/entrypoint.sh
index b81bed89f0..039dc4378e 100755
--- a/docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ CONTAINER_PORT=${CONTAINER_PORT:=80}
 WSGI_WORKERS=${WSGI_WORKERS:=4}
 WSGI_WORKER_TIMEOUT=${WSGI_WORKER_TIMEOUT:=6000}
 WSGI_WORKER_CLASS=${WSGI_WORKER_CLASS:=gevent}
+WSGI_APP_FRAMEWORK=${WSGI_APP_FRAMEWORK:="pygeoapi.flask_app:APP"}
 
 # What to invoke: default is to run gunicorn server
 entry_cmd=${1:-run}
@@ -93,14 +94,13 @@ case ${entry_cmd} in
 	run)
 		# SCRIPT_NAME should not have value '/'
 		[[ "${SCRIPT_NAME}" = '/' ]] && export SCRIPT_NAME="" && echo "make SCRIPT_NAME empty from /"
-
 		echo "Start gunicorn name=${CONTAINER_NAME} on ${CONTAINER_HOST}:${CONTAINER_PORT} with ${WSGI_WORKERS} workers and SCRIPT_NAME=${SCRIPT_NAME}"
 		exec gunicorn --workers ${WSGI_WORKERS} \
 				--worker-class=${WSGI_WORKER_CLASS} \
 				--timeout ${WSGI_WORKER_TIMEOUT} \
 				--name=${CONTAINER_NAME} \
 				--bind ${CONTAINER_HOST}:${CONTAINER_PORT} \
-				pygeoapi.flask_app:APP
+				${WSGI_APP_FRAMEWORK}
 	  ;;
 	*)
 	  error "unknown command arg: must be run (default) or test"
diff --git a/docker/examples/starlette/README.md b/docker/examples/starlette/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e37df4bbaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/examples/starlette/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# pygeoapi with Starlette
+
+This folder contains the docker-compose configuration necessary to setup an example
+`pygeoapi` server using Starlette as the web framework.
+
+## Building and Running
+
+To build and run the [Docker compose file](docker-compose.yml) in localhost:
+
+```
+docker compose up [--build] [-d]
+```
+
+Navigate to `localhost:5000`.
diff --git a/docker/examples/starlette/docker-compose.yml b/docker/examples/starlette/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38ac5ea5ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/examples/starlette/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# =================================================================
+#
+# Authors: Benjamin Webb <benjamin.miller.webb@gmail.com>
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Benjamin Webb
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+# obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+# files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+# restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+# copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
+# conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
+# OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+# HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+# FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+# OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+#
+# =================================================================
+
+version: "3"
+
+services:
+
+  pygeoapi:
+    image: geopython/pygeoapi:latest
+    build:
+      context: ../../..
+    environment:
+      - WSGI_APP_FRAMEWORK=pygeoapi.starlette_app:APP
+      - WSGI_WORKER_CLASS=uvicorn.workers.UvicornH11Worker
+    ports:
+      - 5000:80