diff --git a/tools/docker/Dockerfile b/tools/docker/Dockerfile
index 5d842f35b3..9ba49056ea 100644
--- a/tools/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ RUN add-apt-repository -y ppa:chris-lea/redis-server; add-apt-repository -y ppa:
 RUN apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 7F0CEB10
 RUN echo "deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu "$(lsb_release -sc)"/mongodb-org/3.0 multiverse" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.0.list
 RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get install -y ansible mg vim tmux git mercurial subversion python-dev python-pip libyaml-dev python-yaml python-paramiko python-jinja2 make postgresql python-psycopg2 python-ldap nodejs redis-server python-gevent libzmq3 python-zmq python-netifaces mongodb-org python-psutil && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN apt-get install -y openssh-server ansible mg vim tmux git mercurial subversion python-dev python-pip libyaml-dev python-yaml python-paramiko python-jinja2 make postgresql python-psycopg2 python-ldap nodejs redis-server python-gevent libzmq3 python-zmq python-netifaces mongodb-org python-psutil && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 RUN git clone http://d7f73f8614295715a4777bf15f46d0d486ad0e21:x-oauth-basic@github.com/ansible/ansible-commander.git tower
 RUN pip install Django==1.6.7 django-devserver django-debug-toolbar django-jenkins ipython pymongo==2.8 mongoengine
 RUN cd /tower ; make develop
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ RUN /etc/init.d/postgresql start; cd /tower ; make migrate ; make init ; /etc/in
 ADD start_everything.sh /start_everything.sh
 ADD start_development.sh /start_development.sh
 
-EXPOSE 8013 8080 27017
+EXPOSE 8013 8080 27017 22
 CMD /start_development.sh
diff --git a/tools/docker/README b/tools/docker/README
index 32b60e4ec6..81fcf0cbdc 100644
--- a/tools/docker/README
+++ b/tools/docker/README
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 sudo docker build --no-cache=true --rm=true -t ansible/tower_devel:latest .
-sudo docker run --name tower_test -it --memory="4g" --cpuset="0,1" -v /home/meyers/ansible/:/tower_devel -p 8013:8013 -p 8080:8080 -p 27017:27017 ansible/tower_devel
+sudo docker run --name tower_test -it --memory="4g" --cpuset="0,1" -v /home/meyers/ansible/:/tower_devel -p 8013:8013 -p 8080:8080 -p 27017:27017 -p 2222:22 ansible/tower_devel
diff --git a/tools/docker/start_development.sh b/tools/docker/start_development.sh
index bf0cc0ae88..76dd93913e 100755
--- a/tools/docker/start_development.sh
+++ b/tools/docker/start_development.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+/etc/init.d/ssh start
 /etc/init.d/postgresql start
 /etc/init.d/redis-server start
 nohup mongod &