diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index d12d452645..c56a551aa5 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ include yang/libyang_plugins/subdir.am
 
 include vtysh/subdir.am
 include tests/subdir.am
+include tests/topotests/subdir.am
 
 if PKGSRC
 rcdir=@pkgsrcrcdir@
diff --git a/tests/topotests/Dockerfile b/tests/topotests/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72a876ed83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/topotests/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+FROM ubuntu:18.04
+
+RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    && apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y \
+        autoconf \
+        binutils \
+        bison \
+        flex \
+        gdb \
+        git \
+        install-info \
+        iputils-ping \
+        iproute2 \
+        less \
+        libtool \
+        libjson-c-dev \
+        libpcre3-dev \
+        libpython-dev \
+        libreadline-dev \
+        libc-ares-dev \
+        man \
+        mininet \
+        pkg-config \
+        python-pip \
+        python-sphinx \
+        rsync \
+        strace \
+        tcpdump \
+        texinfo \
+        tmux \
+        valgrind \
+        vim \
+        wget \
+        x11-xserver-utils \
+        xterm \
+    && pip install \
+        exabgp==3.4.17 \
+        ipaddr \
+        pytest
+
+RUN cd /tmp \
+    && wget -q https://ci1.netdef.org/artifact/LIBYANG-YANGRELEASE/shared/build-1/Ubuntu-18.04-x86_64-Packages/libyang-dev_0.16.46_amd64.deb \
+         -O libyang-dev.deb \
+    && wget -q https://ci1.netdef.org/artifact/LIBYANG-YANGRELEASE/shared/build-1/Ubuntu-18.04-x86_64-Packages/libyang_0.16.46_amd64.deb \
+         -O libyang.deb \
+    && echo "039252cc66eb254a97e160b1c325af669470cde8a02d73ec9f7b920ed3c7997c  libyang.deb" | sha256sum -c - \
+    && echo "e7e2d5bfc7b33b3218df8bef404432970f9b4ad10d6dbbdcb0e0be2babbb68e9  libyang-dev.deb" | sha256sum -c - \
+    && dpkg -i libyang*.deb \
+    && rm libyang*.deb
+
+RUN groupadd -r -g 92 frr \
+    && groupadd -r -g 85 frrvty \
+    && useradd -c "FRRouting suite" \
+               -d /var/run/frr \
+               -g frr \
+               -G frrvty \
+               -r \
+               -s /sbin/nologin \
+               frr \
+    && useradd -d /var/run/exabgp/ \
+               -s /bin/false \
+               exabgp
+
+# Configure coredumps
+RUN echo "" >> /etc/security/limits.conf; \
+    echo "* soft core unlimited" >> /etc/security/limits.conf; \
+    echo "root soft core unlimited" >> /etc/security/limits.conf; \
+    echo "* hard core unlimited" >> /etc/security/limits.conf; \
+    echo "root hard core unlimited" >> /etc/security/limits.conf
+
+# Copy run scripts to facilitate users wanting to run the tests
+COPY docker/inner /opt/topotests
+
+WORKDIR /root/topotests
+ENV PATH "$PATH:/opt/topotests"
+
+RUN echo "cat /opt/topotests/motd.txt" >> /root/.profile && \
+      echo "export PS1='(topotests) $PS1'" >> /root/.profile
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "bash", "/opt/topotests/entrypoint.sh" ]
diff --git a/tests/topotests/README.md b/tests/topotests/README.md
index 47668f4bba..3f1323c218 100644
--- a/tests/topotests/README.md
+++ b/tests/topotests/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ that does what you need. If nothing is similar, then you may create a
 new topology, preferably, using the newest
 [template](example-test/test_template.py).
 
+## Running tests with docker
+
+There is a docker image which allows to run topotests. Instructions can be
+found [here](docker/README.md).
 
 ## Installation of Mininet for running tests
 Only tested with Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04 (which uses Mininet 2.2.x)
diff --git a/tests/topotests/docker/README.md b/tests/topotests/docker/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..918594e6a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/topotests/docker/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Topotests in Docker
+
+## Quickstart
+
+If you have Docker installed, you can run the topotests in Docker.
+The easiest way to do this, is to use the `frr-topotests.sh` script
+from this repository:
+
+```console
+wget -O /usr/local/bin/frr-topotests \
+    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/frrouting/topotests/master/docker/frr-topotests.sh
+chmod +x /usr/local/bin/frr-topotests
+```
+
+Once this script is in place, simply run it while you are inside your FRR repository:
+
+```console
+frr-topotests
+```
+
+## Advanced Usage
+
+There are several environtment variables which can be used to modify the behavior of
+the image. Those can be listed using `frr-topotests -h`.
+
+For example, a volume is used to cache build artifacts between multiple runs
+of the image. If you need to force a complete recompile, you can set `TOPOTEST_CLEAN`:
+
+```console
+TOPOTEST_CLEAN=1 frr-topotests
+```
+
+By default, `frr-topotests` will build frr and run pytest. If you append
+arguments and the first one starts with `/` or `./`, they will replace the call to
+pytest. If the appended arguments do not match this patttern, they will be provided to
+pytest as arguments.
+
+So, to run a specific test with more verbose logging:
+
+```console
+frr-topotests -vv -s all-protocol-startup/test_all_protocol_startup.py
+```
+
+And to compile FRR but drop into a shell instead of running pytest:
+
+```console
+frr-topotests /bin/bash
+```
diff --git a/tests/topotests/docker/build.sh b/tests/topotests/docker/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..344fb2ffcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/topotests/docker/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2018 Network Device Education Foundation, Inc. ("NetDEF")
+#
+# 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.
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"/..
+
+exec docker build --pull \
+		  --compress \
+		  -t frrouting/frr:topotests-latest \
+		  .
diff --git a/tests/topotests/docker/frr-topotests.sh b/tests/topotests/docker/frr-topotests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..673354f5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/topotests/docker/frr-topotests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2018 Network Device Education Foundation, Inc. ("NetDEF")
+#
+# 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.
+
+set -e
+
+if [[ "$1" = "-h" ]] || [[ "$1" = "--help" ]]; then
+	cat >&2 <<-EOF
+
+	This script runs the FRRouting topotests on the FRR tree
+	in the current working directory.
+
+	Usage: $0 [args...]
+
+	If any arguments are provided and the first argument starts with / or ./
+	the arguments are interpreted as command and will be executed instead
+	of pytest.
+
+	Behavior can be further modified by the following environment variables:
+
+	TOPOTEST_AUTOLOAD       If set to 1, the script will try to load necessary
+	                        kernel modules without asking for confirmation first.
+
+	TOPOTEST_BUILDCACHE     Docker volume used for caching multiple FRR builds
+	                        over container runs. By default a
+	                        \`topotest-buildcache\` volume will be created for
+	                        that purpose.
+
+	TOPOTEST_CLEAN          Clean all previous build artifacts prior to
+	                        building. Disabled by default, set to 1 to enable.
+
+	TOPOTEST_DOC            Build the documentation associated with FRR.
+	                        Disabled by default, set to 1 to enable.
+
+	TOPOTEST_FRR            If set, don't test the FRR in the current working
+	                        directory, but the one at the given path.
+
+	TOPOTEST_LOGS           If set, don't use \`/tmp/topotest_logs\` directory
+	                        but use the provided path instead.
+
+	TOPOTEST_OPTIONS        These options are appended to the docker-run
+	                        command for starting the tests.
+
+	TOPOTEST_SANITIZER      Controls whether to use the address sanitizer.
+	                        Enabled by default, set to 0 to disable.
+
+	TOPOTEST_VERBOSE        Show detailed build output.
+	                        Enabled by default, set to 0 to disable.
+
+	EOF
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+#
+# These two modules are needed to run the MPLS tests.
+# They are often not automatically loaded.
+#
+# We cannot load them from the container since we don't
+# have host kernel modules available there. If we load
+# them from the host however, they can be used just fine.
+#
+
+for module in mpls-router mpls-iptunnel; do
+	if modprobe -n $module 2> /dev/null; then
+		:
+	else
+		# If the module doesn't exist, we cannot do anything about it
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	if [ $(grep -c ${module/-/_} /proc/modules) -ne 0 ]; then
+		# If the module is loaded, we don't have to do anything
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	if [ "$TOPOTEST_AUTOLOAD" != "1" ]; then
+		echo "To run all the possible tests, we need to load $module."
+		echo -n "Do you want to proceed? [y/n] "
+		read answer
+		if [ x"$answer" != x"y" ]; then
+			echo "Not loading."
+			continue
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	if [ x"$(whoami)" = x"root" ]; then
+		modprobe $module
+	else
+		sudo modprobe $module
+	fi
+done
+
+if [ -z "$TOPOTEST_LOGS" ]; then
+	mkdir -p /tmp/topotest_logs
+	TOPOTEST_LOGS="/tmp/topotest_logs"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$TOPOTEST_FRR" ]; then
+	TOPOTEST_FRR="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel || true)"
+	if [ -z "$TOPOTEST_FRR" ]; then
+		echo "Could not determine base of FRR tree." >&2
+		echo "frr-topotests only works if you have your tree in git." >&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$TOPOTEST_BUILDCACHE" ]; then
+	TOPOTEST_BUILDCACHE=topotest-buildcache
+	docker volume inspect "${TOPOTEST_BUILDCACHE}" &> /dev/null \
+		|| docker volume create "${TOPOTEST_BUILDCACHE}"
+fi
+
+set -- --rm -i \
+	-v "$TOPOTEST_LOGS:/tmp" \
+	-v "$TOPOTEST_FRR:/root/host-frr:ro" \
+	-v "$TOPOTEST_FRR/tests/topotests:/root/topotests:ro" \
+	-v "$TOPOTEST_BUILDCACHE:/root/persist" \
+	-e "TOPOTEST_CLEAN=$TOPOTEST_CLEAN" \
+	-e "TOPOTEST_VERBOSE=$TOPOTEST_VERBOSE" \
+	-e "TOPOTEST_DOC=$TOPOTEST_DOC" \
+	-e "TOPOTEST_SANITIZER=$TOPOTEST_SANITIZER" \
+	--privileged \
+	$TOPOTEST_OPTIONS \
+	frrouting/frr:topotests-latest "$@"
+
+if [ -t 0 ]; then
+	set -- -t "$@"
+fi
+
+exec docker run "$@"
diff --git a/tests/topotests/docker/inner/compile_frr.sh b/tests/topotests/docker/inner/compile_frr.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2d72082c1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/topotests/docker/inner/compile_frr.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2018 Network Device Education Foundation, Inc. ("NetDEF")
+#
+# 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.
+
+set -e
+
+# Load shared functions
+CDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+. $CDIR/funcs.sh
+
+#
+# Script begin
+#
+
+if [ "${TOPOTEST_CLEAN}" != "0" ]; then
+	log_info "Cleaning FRR builddir..."
+	rm -rf $FRR_SYNC_DIR $FRR_BUILD_DIR &> /dev/null
+fi
+
+log_info "Syncing FRR source with host..."
+mkdir -p $FRR_SYNC_DIR
+rsync -a --info=progress2 \
+	--exclude '*.o' \
+	--exclude '*.lo'\
+	--chown root:root \
+	$FRR_HOST_DIR/. $FRR_SYNC_DIR/
+(cd $FRR_SYNC_DIR && git clean -xdf > /dev/null)
+mkdir -p $FRR_BUILD_DIR
+rsync -a --info=progress2 --chown root:root $FRR_SYNC_DIR/. $FRR_BUILD_DIR/
+
+cd "$FRR_BUILD_DIR" || \
+	log_fatal "failed to find frr directory"
+
+if [ "${TOPOTEST_VERBOSE}" != "0" ]; then
+	exec 3>&1
+else
+	exec 3>/dev/null
+fi
+
+log_info "Building FRR..."
+
+if [ ! -e configure ]; then
+	bash bootstrap.sh >&3 || \
+		log_fatal "failed to bootstrap configuration"
+fi
+
+if [ "${TOPOTEST_DOC}" != "0" ]; then
+	EXTRA_CONFIGURE+=" --enable-doc "
+else
+	EXTRA_CONFIGURE+=" --disable-doc "
+fi
+
+if [ ! -e Makefile ]; then
+	if [ "${TOPOTEST_SANITIZER}" != "0" ]; then
+		export CC="gcc"
+		export CFLAGS="-O1 -g -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer"
+		export LDFLAGS="-g -fsanitize=address -ldl"
+		touch .address_sanitizer
+	else
+		rm -f .address_sanitizer
+	fi
+
+	bash configure >&3 \
+		--enable-static-bin \
+		--enable-static \
+		--enable-shared \
+		--with-moduledir=/usr/lib/frr/modules \
+		--prefix=/usr \
+		--localstatedir=/var/run/frr \
+		--sbindir=/usr/lib/frr \
+		--sysconfdir=/etc/frr \
+		--enable-multipath=0 \
+		--enable-fpm \
+		--enable-sharpd \
+		$EXTRA_CONFIGURE \
+		--with-pkg-extra-version=-topotests \
+		|| log_fatal "failed to configure the sources"
+fi
+
+# if '.address_sanitizer' file exists it means we are using address sanitizer.
+if [ -f .address_sanitizer ]; then
+	make -C lib CFLAGS="-g -O2" LDFLAGS="-g" clippy >&3
+fi
+
+make -j$(cpu_count) >&3 || \
+	log_fatal "failed to build the sources"
+
+make install >/dev/null || \
+	log_fatal "failed to install frr"
diff --git a/tests/topotests/docker/inner/entrypoint.sh b/tests/topotests/docker/inner/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f491d15f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/topotests/docker/inner/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2018 Network Device Education Foundation, Inc. ("NetDEF")
+#
+# 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.
+
+# Load shared functions
+CDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+. $CDIR/funcs.sh
+
+set -e
+
+#
+# Script begin
+#
+"${CDIR}/compile_frr.sh"
+"${CDIR}/openvswitch.sh"
+
+log_info "Setting permissions on /tmp so we can generate logs"
+chmod 1777 /tmp
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ] || ([[ "$1" != /* ]] && [[ "$1" != ./* ]]); then
+	export TOPOTESTS_CHECK_MEMLEAK=/tmp/memleak_
+	export TOPOTESTS_CHECK_STDERR=Yes
+	set -- pytest --junitxml /tmp/topotests.xml "$@"
+fi
+
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/tests/topotests/docker/inner/funcs.sh b/tests/topotests/docker/inner/funcs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..acb8b55e97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/topotests/docker/inner/funcs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2018 Network Device Education Foundation, Inc. ("NetDEF")
+#
+# 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.
+
+FRR_HOST_DIR=/root/host-frr
+FRR_SYNC_DIR=/root/persist/frr-sync
+FRR_BUILD_DIR=/root/persist/frr-build
+
+if [ ! -L "/root/frr" ]; then
+	ln -s $FRR_BUILD_DIR /root/frr
+fi
+
+[ -z $TOPOTEST_CLEAN ] && TOPOTEST_CLEAN=0
+[ -z $TOPOTEST_VERBOSE ] && TOPOTEST_VERBOSE=1
+[ -z $TOPOTEST_DOC ] && TOPOTEST_DOC=0
+[ -z $TOPOTEST_SANITIZER ] && TOPOTEST_SANITIZER=1
+
+log_info() {
+	local msg=$1
+
+	echo -e "=> $msg"
+}
+
+log_error() {
+	local msg=$1
+
+	echo -e "E: $msg" 2>&1
+}
+
+log_warning() {
+	local msg=$1
+
+	echo -e "W: $msg" 2>&1
+}
+
+log_fatal() {
+	local msg=$1
+
+	echo -e "F: $msg" 2>&1
+
+	exit 1
+}
+
+cpu_count() {
+	local cpu_count
+
+	cpu_count=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo	| grep -w processor | wc -l)
+	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo -n $cpu_count
+	else
+		echo -n 2
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/tests/topotests/docker/inner/motd.txt b/tests/topotests/docker/inner/motd.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e2f34f8fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/topotests/docker/inner/motd.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Welcome to the topotests container.
+
+Here are some useful tips:
+* After changing the FRR/Topotests sources, you may rebuild them
+  using the command `compile_frr.sh`. The build command has the
+  following environment variables:
+  - TOPOTEST_CLEAN: whether we should distclean or not (disabled by default)
+  - TOPOTEST_VERBOSE: show build messages (enabled by default)
+  - TOPOTEST_DOC: whether we should build docs or not (disabled by default)
+  - TOPOTEST_SANITIZER: whether we should use the address sanitizer (enabled by default)
+
+  Usage example: env TOPOTEST_CLEAN=1 compile_frr.sh
+
+* The topotests log directory can be found on your host machine on
+  `/tmp/topotests_logs`.
diff --git a/tests/topotests/docker/inner/openvswitch.sh b/tests/topotests/docker/inner/openvswitch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..67142f04ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/topotests/docker/inner/openvswitch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright 2018 Network Device Education Foundation, Inc. ("NetDEF")
+#
+# 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.
+
+# Load shared functions
+CDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+. $CDIR/funcs.sh
+
+#
+# Script begin
+#
+
+log_info "Configuring OpenvSwitch...."
+
+# Configure OpenvSwitch so we are able to run mininet
+mkdir -p /var/run/openvswitch
+ovsdb-tool create /etc/openvswitch/conf.db \
+	/usr/share/openvswitch/vswitch.ovsschema
+ovsdb-server /etc/openvswitch/conf.db \
+	--remote=punix:/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock \
+	--remote=ptcp:6640 --pidfile=ovsdb-server.pid >/dev/null 2>/dev/null & \
+	disown
+ovs-vswitchd >/dev/null 2>/dev/null & disown
+
+sleep 2
+
+ovs-vsctl --no-wait -- init
+ovs_version=$(ovs-vsctl -V | grep ovs-vsctl | awk '{print $4}')
+ovs_db_version=$(\
+	ovsdb-tool schema-version /usr/share/openvswitch/vswitch.ovsschema)
+ovs-vsctl --no-wait -- set Open_vSwitch . db-version="${ovs_db_version}"
+ovs-vsctl --no-wait -- set Open_vSwitch . ovs-version="${ovs_version}"
+ovs-vsctl --no-wait -- set Open_vSwitch . system-type="docker-ovs"
+ovs-vsctl --no-wait -- set Open_vSwitch . system-version="0.1"
+ovs-vsctl --no-wait -- \
+	set Open_vSwitch . external-ids:system-id=`cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid`
+ovs-vsctl --no-wait -- set-manager ptcp:6640
+ovs-appctl -t ovsdb-server \
+	ovsdb-server/add-remote db:Open_vSwitch,Open_vSwitch,manager_options
diff --git a/tests/topotests/pytest.ini b/tests/topotests/pytest.ini
index 7362fae0c4..119ab93857 100644
--- a/tests/topotests/pytest.ini
+++ b/tests/topotests/pytest.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Skip pytests example directory
 [pytest]
-norecursedirs = .git example-test lib
+norecursedirs = .git example-test lib docker
 
 [topogen]
 # Default configuration values
diff --git a/tests/topotests/subdir.am b/tests/topotests/subdir.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e489f92bfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/topotests/subdir.am
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+TOPOTESTS_DIR = tests/topotests
+
+topotests-build: ## Builds docker images for topotests
+	$(TOPOTESTS_DIR)/docker/build.sh
+
+topotests: ## Runs topotests
+	$(TOPOTESTS_DIR)/docker/frr-topotests.sh