diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 04ff3b1f47..02ac8c4995 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   Thanks to Ezio Vernacotola (@eziove) for the report and solution.
 - Fix MAYAN_GUNICORN_TIMEOUT Docker image setting. GitLab issue #671.
   Thanks to Lennart Sauerbeck (@lennart_s) for the report.
+- Add makefile target to launch a production staging Docker image.
 
 3.2.8 (2019-10-01)
 ==================
diff --git a/docker/Makefile b/docker/Makefile
index bd2743759b..10ac96a8ec 100755
--- a/docker/Makefile
+++ b/docker/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 APT_PROXY ?= `/sbin/ip route|awk '/docker0/ { print $$9 }'`:3142
-IMAGE_VERSION ?= `cat docker/rootfs/version`
 CONSOLE_COLUMNS ?= `echo $$(tput cols)`
 CONSOLE_LINES ?= `echo $$(tput lines)`
+IMAGE_VERSION ?= `cat docker/rootfs/version`
 
 docker-build: ## Build a new image locally.
 	docker build -t mayanedms/mayanedms:$(IMAGE_VERSION) -f docker/Dockerfile .
@@ -12,14 +12,70 @@ docker-build-with-proxy: ## Build a new image locally using an APT proxy as APT_
 docker-shell: ## Launch a bash instance inside a running container. Pass the container name via DOCKER_CONTAINER.
 	docker exec -e TERM=$(TERM) -e "COLUMNS=$(CONSOLE_COLUMNS)" -e "LINES=$(CONSOLE_LINES)" -it $(DOCKER_CONTAINER) /bin/bash
 
-docker-test-container: ## Build and run a test container.
-docker-test-container: docker-build-with-proxy docker-test-cleanup
-	docker run -d --name test-mayan-edms -p 80:8000 -v test-mayan_data:/var/lib/mayan mayanedms/mayanedms:$(DOCKER_VERSION)
+docker-runtest-container: ## Run a test container.
+docker-runtest-container: docker-test-cleanup
+	docker run -d \
+	--name test-mayan-edms \
+	-p 80:8000 \
+	-v test-mayan_data:/var/lib/mayan \
+	mayanedms/mayanedms:$(IMAGE_VERSION)
 
-docker-test-cleanup: ## Delete the test container and the test volume.
+docker-runtest-cleanup: ## Delete the test container and the test volume.
 	@docker rm -f test-mayan-edms || true
 	@docker volume rm test-mayan_data || true
 
-docker-test-all: ## Build and executed the test suite in a test container.
-docker-test-all: docker-build-with-proxy
+docker-runtest-all: ## Executed the test suite in a test container.
 	docker run --rm run-tests
+
+docker-staging-network-create:
+	@docker network rm mayan-staging || true
+	docker network create mayan-staging
+
+docker-staging-container-postgresql-start:
+	docker run -d \
+    --name mayan-staging-postgres \
+    --network=mayan-staging \
+    -e POSTGRES_USER=mayan \
+    -e POSTGRES_DB=mayan \
+    -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mayanuserpass \
+    -v mayan-staging-postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data \
+    postgres:9.6-alpine
+
+docker-staging-container-redis-start:
+	docker run -d \
+    --name mayan-staging-redis \
+    --network=mayan-staging \
+    redis:5.0-alpine \
+    redis-server \
+    --databases \
+    "2" \
+    --maxmemory-policy \
+    allkeys-lru \
+    --save \
+    ""
+
+docker-staging-container-mayan-start:
+	docker run -d \
+    --name mayan-staging-app \
+    --network=mayan-staging \
+    -p 80:8000 \
+    -e MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql \
+    -e MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST=mayan-staging-postgres \
+    -e MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
+    -e MAYAN_DATABASE_PASSWORD=mayanuserpass \
+    -e MAYAN_DATABASE_USER=mayan \
+    -e MAYAN_BROKER_URL="redis://mayan-staging-redis:6379/0" \
+    -e MAYAN_CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND="redis://mayan-staging-redis:6379/1" \
+    -v mayan-staging-app:/var/lib/mayan \
+    mayanedms/mayanedms:$(IMAGE_VERSION)
+
+docker-staging-start: docker-staging-network-create docker-staging-container-postgresql-start docker-staging-container-redis-start docker-staging-container-mayan-start
+	docker logs -f mayan-staging-app
+
+docker-staging-cleanup: ## Delete the test container and the test volume.
+	@docker rm -f mayan-staging-app || true
+	@docker rm -f mayan-staging-redis || true
+	@docker rm -f mayan-staging-postgres || true
+	@docker volume rm mayan-staging-app || true
+	@docker volume rm mayan-staging-postgres || true
+	@docker network rm mayan-staging || true