diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 9e09577..1a276cc 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 *.py[cod]
 *.so
 **/__pycache__/
+scripts/README.md
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0ea4c47..4c94b19 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ WORKDIR /app
 # Expose default metrics port
 EXPOSE 8080
 
+# Copy Python package to container
 COPY ./README.md /app/
 COPY ./setup.py /app/
 COPY ./minitor /app/minitor
 RUN pip install -e .
 
+# Copy scripts
+COPY ./scripts /app/scripts
+
 ENTRYPOINT [ "python3", "-m", "minitor.main" ]
diff --git a/scripts/README.md b/scripts/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..328cb77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Minitor Scripts
+
+A collection of some handy scripts to use with Minitor
+
+These are not included with the Python package, but they are included in the Docker image in `/app/scripts`.
diff --git a/scripts/docker_check.sh b/scripts/docker_check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b4c9253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/docker_check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+set -e
+
+#################
+# docker_check.sh
+#
+# Checks the most recent state exit code of a Docker container
+#################
+
+container_name=$1
+
+# Returns caintainer ID for a given container name
+function get_container_id {
+    local container_name=$1
+    curl --unix-socket /var/run/docker.sock 'http://localhost/containers/json?all=1' 2>/dev/null \
+        | jq -r ".[] | {Id, Name: .Names[]} | select(.Name == \"/${container_name}\") | .Id"
+}
+
+# Returns container JSON
+function inspect_container {
+    local container_id=$1
+    curl --unix-socket /var/run/docker.sock http://localhost/containers/$container_id/json 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+if [ -z "$container_name" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 container_name"
+    echo "Will exit with the last status code of continer with provided name"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+container_id=$(get_container_id $container_name)
+if [ -z "$container_id" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Could not find container with name: $container_name"
+    exit 1
+fi
+exit_code=$(inspect_container $container_id | jq -r .State.ExitCode)
+
+exit $exit_code
diff --git a/scripts/docker_healthcheck.sh b/scripts/docker_healthcheck.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7cbd6fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/docker_healthcheck.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+#################
+# docker_healthcheck.sh
+#
+# Returns the results of a Docker Healthcheck for a container
+#################
+
+container_name=$1
+
+# Returns caintainer ID for a given container name
+function get_container_id {
+    local container_name=$1
+    curl --unix-socket /var/run/docker.sock 'http://localhost/containers/json?all=1' 2>/dev/null \
+        | jq -r ".[] | {Id, Name: .Names[]} | select(.Name == \"/${container_name}\") | .Id"
+}
+
+# Returns container JSON
+function inspect_container {
+    local container_id=$1
+    curl --unix-socket /var/run/docker.sock http://localhost/containers/$container_id/json 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+if [ -z "$container_name" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 container_name"
+    echo "Will return results of healthcheck for continer with provided name"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+container_id=$(get_container_id $container_name)
+if [ -z "$container_id" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Could not find container with name: $container_name"
+    exit 1
+fi
+health=$(inspect_container $container_id | jq -r '.State.Health.Status')
+
+case $health in
+    "null")
+        echo "No healthcheck results"
+        ;;
+    "starting|healthy")
+        echo "Status: '$health'"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Status: '$health'"
+        exit 1
+esac
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e4cadca..de61608 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ setup(
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
     ],
     keywords='minitor monitoring alerting',
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=['contrib', 'docs', 'tests']),
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=[
+        'contrib',
+        'docs',
+        'tests',
+        'scripts',
+    ]),
     install_requires=[
         'prometheus_client',
         'yamlenv',