diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2e6a7ea5..71ffa068 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -717,9 +717,31 @@ services:
       volumes:
         - ${DATA_PATH_HOST}/portainer_data:/data
         - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+      extra_hosts:
+        - "dockerhost:${DOCKER_HOST_IP}"
       ports:
         - 9010:9000
       
+### IPython #########################################
+    ipython-controller:
+      build:
+        context: ./ipython
+        dockerfile: Dockerfile.controller
+      networks:
+        - backend
+      extra_hosts:
+        - "laradock-ipython:${LARADOCK_IPYTHON_CONTROLLER_IP}"
+      ports:
+        - "33327-33338:33327-33338"
+    ipython-engine:
+      build:
+        context: ./ipython
+        dockerfile: Dockerfile.engine
+      networks:
+        - backend
+      extra_hosts:
+        - "laradock-ipython:${LARADOCK_IPYTHON_CONTROLLER_IP}"
+
 ### Docker-in-Docker ################################################
     docker-in-docker:
       image: docker:dind
diff --git a/env-example b/env-example
index 25ebcb7e..f9325ce8 100644
--- a/env-example
+++ b/env-example
@@ -360,6 +360,9 @@ SOLR_VERSION=5.5
 SOLR_PORT=8983
 SOLR_DATAIMPORTHANDLER_MYSQL=false
 
+### IPYTHON ##################################################
+LARADOCK_IPYTHON_CONTROLLER_IP=127.0.0.1
+
 ### NETDATA ###############################################
 NETDATA_PORT=19999
 
diff --git a/ipython/Dockerfile.controller b/ipython/Dockerfile.controller
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3acb62d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipython/Dockerfile.controller
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+FROM python:3.5-alpine
+
+LABEL maintainer="ahkui <ahkui@outlook.com>"
+
+USER root
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache build-base
+
+RUN python -m pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install \
+        ipyparallel
+
+RUN ipython profile create --parallel --profile=default
+
+COPY ipcontroller-client.json /root/.ipython/profile_default/security/ipcontroller-client.json
+COPY ipcontroller-engine.json /root/.ipython/profile_default/security/ipcontroller-engine.json
+
+CMD ["sh","-c","ipcontroller --ip=* --reuse"]
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diff --git a/ipython/Dockerfile.engine b/ipython/Dockerfile.engine
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f709b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipython/Dockerfile.engine
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+FROM python:3.5-alpine
+
+LABEL maintainer="ahkui <ahkui@outlook.com>"
+
+USER root
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache build-base
+
+RUN python -m pip --quiet --no-cache-dir install \
+        ipyparallel \
+        numpy \
+        pandas \
+        pymongo \
+        redis \
+        requests \
+        bs4
+
+RUN ipython profile create --parallel --profile=default
+
+COPY ipcontroller-client.json /root/.ipython/profile_default/security/ipcontroller-client.json
+COPY ipcontroller-engine.json /root/.ipython/profile_default/security/ipcontroller-engine.json
+
+CMD ["sh","-c","ipcluster engines"]
diff --git a/ipython/ipcontroller-client.json b/ipython/ipcontroller-client.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..987cb511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipython/ipcontroller-client.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "key": "868074dd-060311910ab3d6991611bccf",
+  "signature_scheme": "hmac-sha256",
+  "unpack": "json",
+  "pack": "json",
+  "ssh": "",
+  "task_scheme": "leastload",
+  "interface": "tcp://*",
+  "location": "laradock-ipython",
+  "notification": 33338,
+  "iopub": 33337,
+  "control": 33336,
+  "mux": 33335,
+  "task": 33334,
+  "registration": 33333
+}
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diff --git a/ipython/ipcontroller-engine.json b/ipython/ipcontroller-engine.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3c0911f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipython/ipcontroller-engine.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "key": "868074dd-060311910ab3d6991611bccf",
+  "signature_scheme": "hmac-sha256",
+  "unpack": "json",
+  "pack": "json",
+  "ssh": "",
+  "interface": "tcp://*",
+  "location": "laradock-ipython",
+  "iopub": 33327,
+  "hb_ping": 33328,
+  "hb_pong": 33329,
+  "control": 33330,
+  "mux": 33331,
+  "task": 33332,
+  "registration": 33333
+}
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