diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 04f7f15..b2595bd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 DOCKER_TAG  			?= ${VERSION}
 DOCKER_REPOSITORY  		?= voltha/
 DOCKER_REGISTRY 		?= ""
+DOCKER_RUN_ARGS			?= ""
 
 # Public targets
 
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@
 docker-push: # @HELP Push a docker container to a registry
 	docker push ${DOCKER_REGISTRY}${DOCKER_REPOSITORY}bbsim:${DOCKER_TAG}
 
+docker-run: # @HELP Run the container locally (intended for development purposes: DOCKER_RUN_ARGS="-pon 2 -onu 2" make docker-run)
+	docker run -p 50070:50070 -p 50060:50060 --privileged --rm --name bbsim ${DOCKER_REGISTRY}${DOCKER_REPOSITORY}bbsim:${DOCKER_TAG} /app/bbsim ${DOCKER_RUN_ARGS}
+
 help: # @HELP Print the command options
 	@echo
 	@echo "\033[0;31m    BroadBand Simulator (BBSim) \033[0m"