diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad6087426..fde6728ee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 - [EVM] state/Cache no longer allows SetStorage on accounts that do not exist
 - [GRPC] GetAccount on unknown account no longer causes a panic
 
+### Added
+- [Docker] Added solc 0.4.25 binary to docker container so that burrow deploy has what it needs to function
+
 ### Added
 - [Execution] panics from executors are captured and pushed to error sink of TxExecution
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 68ed1ceec..e790ab2f1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# For solc binary
+FROM ethereum/solc:0.4.25 as solc-builder
 # We use a multistage build to avoid bloating our deployment image with build dependencies
 FROM golang:1.10.3-alpine3.8 as builder
 
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ FROM alpine:3.8
 ARG VERSION
 ARG VCS_REF=master
 ARG BUILD_DATE
+ARG USER=burrow
+ARG INSTALL_BASE=/usr/local/bin
 
 # Fixed labels according to container label-schema
 LABEL org.label-schema.schema-version="1.0"
@@ -30,13 +34,13 @@ LABEL org.label-schema.vcs-ref=$VCS_REF
 LABEL org.label-schema.build-date=$BUILD_DATE
 
 # Run burrow as burrow user; not as root user
-ENV USER burrow
 ENV BURROW_PATH /home/$USER
 RUN addgroup -g 101 -S $USER && adduser -S -D -u 1000 $USER $USER
 WORKDIR $BURROW_PATH
 
 # Copy binaries built in previous stage
-COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/hyperledger/burrow/bin/burrow /usr/local/bin/
+COPY --from=builder /go/src/github.com/hyperledger/burrow/bin/burrow $INSTALL_BASE/
+COPY --from=solc-builder /usr/bin/solc $INSTALL_BASE/
 
 # Expose ports for 26656:peer; 26658:info; 10997:grpc
 EXPOSE 26656
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0c4d2d527..ad86476f7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ build_race:	check build_race_db
 .PHONY: build_burrow
 build_burrow: commit_hash
 	go build -ldflags "-extldflags '-static' \
-	-X github.com/hyperledger/burrow/project.commit=$(shell cat commit_hash.txt)" \
+	-X github.com/hyperledger/burrow/project.commit=$(shell cat commit_hash.txt) \
+	-X github.com/hyperledger/burrow/project.date=$(shell date -I)" \
 	-o ${REPO}/bin/burrow ./cmd/burrow
 
 .PHONY: install_burrow
diff --git a/NOTES.md b/NOTES.md
index ce8344d5f..52c37693e 100644
--- a/NOTES.md
+++ b/NOTES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 - [EVM] state/Cache no longer allows SetStorage on accounts that do not exist
 - [GRPC] GetAccount on unknown account no longer causes a panic
 
+### Added
+- [Docker] Added solc 0.4.25 binary to docker container so that burrow deploy has what it needs to function
+
 ### Added
 - [Execution] panics from executors are captured and pushed to error sink of TxExecution
 
diff --git a/project/history.go b/project/history.go
index 0bb82dc13..78bd5faf7 100644
--- a/project/history.go
+++ b/project/history.go
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ var History relic.ImmutableHistory = relic.NewHistory("Hyperledger Burrow", "htt
 - [EVM] state/Cache no longer allows SetStorage on accounts that do not exist
 - [GRPC] GetAccount on unknown account no longer causes a panic
 
+### Added
+- [Docker] Added solc 0.4.25 binary to docker container so that burrow deploy has what it needs to function
+
 ### Added
 - [Execution] panics from executors are captured and pushed to error sink of TxExecution
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