diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a94f961..1b8db4fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ It's like Laravel Homestead but for Docker instead of Vagrant.
- [Production](#Production)
- [Setup Laravel and Docker on Digital Ocean](#Digital-Ocean)
- [Misc](#Misc)
+ - [Cron jobs](#CronJobs)
- [Use custom Domain](#Use-custom-Domain)
- [Enable Global Composer Build Install](#Enable-Global-Composer-Build-Install)
- [Install Prestissimo](#Install-Prestissimo)
@@ -936,6 +937,17 @@ To controll the behavior of xDebug (in the `php-fpm` Container), you can run the
+
+
+### Adding cron jobs
+
+Add a root file containing the cron jobs in `workspace/crontab`.
+
+```
+# workspace/crontab/root
+* * * * * root echo "Every Minute" > /var/log/cron.log 2>&1
+```
+
### Use custom Domain (instead of the Docker IP)
diff --git a/workspace/Dockerfile b/workspace/Dockerfile
index 303836c0..c63f90b1 100644
--- a/workspace/Dockerfile
+++ b/workspace/Dockerfile
@@ -198,6 +198,12 @@ RUN if [ ${INSTALL_AEROSPIKE_EXTENSION} = false ]; then \
rm /etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/aerospike.ini \
;fi
+#####################################
+# Crontab
+#####################################
+USER root
+COPY ./crontab /var/spool/cron/crontabs
+
#
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Final Touch
diff --git a/workspace/crontab/.gitkeep b/workspace/crontab/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b