diff --git a/thirdparty_containers/derby/build.xml b/thirdparty_containers/derby/build.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project name="Derby-Test" default="build" basedir=".">
+	<taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antlib.xml" />
+	<description>
+		Build derby-test docker image
+	</description>
+
+	<!-- set properties for this build -->
+	<property name="DEST" value="${BUILD_ROOT}/thirdparty_containers/derby-test" />
+	<property name="dist" location="${DEST}/${JAVA_VERSION}" />
+	<property name="src" location="." />
+	<property name="jvm_version" location="${JVM_VERSION}" />
+
+	<target name="init">
+		<mkdir dir="${dist}"/>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="clean_image" depends="init" description="clean derby test docker image if there is one">
+		<exec executable="docker">
+			<arg line="rmi -f adoptopenjdk-derby-test" />
+		</exec>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="build_image" depends="clean_image" description="build derby test docker image">
+		<exec executable="docker"  failonerror="true">
+			<arg line="build -t adoptopenjdk-derby-test -f dockerfile/Dockerfile --pull . --build-arg SDK=${JVM_VERSION}" />
+		</exec>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="dist" depends="build_image" description="generate the distribution">
+		<copy todir="${DEST}">
+			<fileset dir="${src}" includes="*.xml, *.mk"/>
+		</copy>
+	</target>
+
+	<target name="build">
+		<antcall target="dist" inheritall="true" />
+	</target>
+</project>
diff --git a/thirdparty_containers/derby/dockerfile/Dockerfile b/thirdparty_containers/derby/dockerfile/Dockerfile
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+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This Dockerfile in thirdparty_containers/derby/dockerfile dir is used to create an image with
+# AdoptOpenJDK jdk binary installed. Basic test dependent executions
+# are installed during the building process.
+#
+# Build example: `docker build -t adoptopenjdk-derby-test .`
+#
+# This Dockerfile builds image based on adoptopenjdk/openjdk8:latest.
+# If you want to build image based on other images, please use
+# `--build-arg list` to specify your base image
+#
+# Build example: `docker build --build-arg IMAGE_NAME=<image_name> --build-arg IMAGE_VERSION=<image_version >-t adoptopenjdk-derby-test .`
+
+ARG SDK=openjdk8
+ARG IMAGE_NAME=adoptopenjdk/$SDK
+ARG IMAGE_VERSION=latest
+
+FROM $IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_VERSION
+
+# Install test dependent executable files
+RUN apt-get update \
+	&& apt-get -y install \
+	ant \
+	apt-transport-https \
+	ca-certificates \
+	dirmngr \
+	curl \
+	git \
+	make \
+	unzip \
+	vim \
+	wget
+
+VOLUME ["/java"]
+ENV JAVA_HOME=/java \
+    PATH=/java/bin:$PATH \
+    JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS="-Dfile.encoding=UTF8"
+
+WORKDIR /
+ENV DERBY_HOME ${WORKDIR}/derby
+
+# This is the main script to run derby tests.
+COPY ./dockerfile/derby-test.sh /derby-test.sh
+
+# Clone Derby source.
+RUN git clone https://github.com/apache/derby.git
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "/example-test.sh"]
+CMD ["--version"]
diff --git a/thirdparty_containers/derby/dockerfile/derby-test.sh b/thirdparty_containers/derby/dockerfile/derby-test.sh
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+++ b/thirdparty_containers/derby/dockerfile/derby-test.sh
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+#/bin/bash
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+#Set up Java to be used by the the derby-test
+
+if [ -d /java/jre/bin ];then
+	echo "Using mounted Java8"
+	export JAVA_BIN=/java/jre/bin
+	export JAVA_HOME=/java
+	export PATH=$JAVA_BIN:$PATH
+	java -version
+elif [ -d /java/bin ]; then
+	echo "Using mounted Java9"
+	export JAVA_BIN=/java/bin
+	export JAVA_HOME=/java
+	export PATH=$JAVA_BIN:$PATH
+	java -version
+else
+	echo "Using docker image default Java"
+	java_path=$(type -p java)
+	suffix="/java"
+	java_root=${java_path%$suffix}
+	export JAVA_BIN="$java_root"
+	echo "JAVA_BIN is: $JAVA_BIN"
+	$JAVA_BIN/java -version
+fi
+
+TEST_SUITE=$1
+
+echo "PATH is : $PATH"
+echo "JAVA_HOME is : $JAVA_HOME"
+echo "type -p java is :"
+type -p java
+echo "java -version is: \n"
+java -version
+
+cd ${DERBY_HOME}
+ls .
+pwd
+
+#clean previous build artifacts 
+ant -f ${DERBY_HOME}/build.xml clobber
+
+#build all
+ant -f ${DERBY_HOME}/build.xml all
+
+#create jars
+ant -f ${DERBY_HOME}/build.xml buildjars
+
+export jardir ${DERBY_HOME}/jars/sane 
+export tstjardir ${DERBY_HOME}/tools/java 
+export CLASSPATH "${jardir}/derbyrun.jar:${jardir}/derbyTesting.jar:${tstjardir}/junit.jar"
+
+java -jar ${DERBY_HOME}/jars/sane/derbyrun.jar sysinfo
+
+#Run all tests
+ant -Dderby.tests.basePort=1690 -Dderby.system.durability=test -DderbyTesting.oldReleasePath=${DERBY_HOME}/jars junit-all
+
+#Run only derbylang suite
+#java -Dverbose=true -cp ${jardir}/derbyrun.jar:${jardir}/derbyTesting.jar:$tstjardir/junit.jar org.apache.derbyTesting.functionTests.harness.RunSuite #derbylang
+
diff --git a/thirdparty_containers/derby/playlist.xml b/thirdparty_containers/derby/playlist.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+-->
+<playlist xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../TestConfig/playlist.xsd">
+	<test>
+		<testCaseName>derby_test_junit_all</testCaseName>
+	<command>docker run --rm -v $(JDK_HOME):/java  adoptopenjdk-derby-test:latest ; \
+		$(TEST_STATUS)</command>
+		<subsets>
+			<subset>SE80</subset>
+			<subset>SE90</subset>
+		</subsets>
+		<levels>
+			<level>extended</level>
+		</levels>
+		<groups>
+			<group>external</group>
+		</groups>
+	</test>
+</playlist>