diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9f6a09f..2a7a1fb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,4 +20,8 @@ RUN \
     && rm -rf /tmp/orbeon
 
 COPY ./$flavour/tomcat/ /usr/local/tomcat/
-COPY ./$flavour/orbeon/ /usr/local/orbeon/
\ No newline at end of file
+COPY ./$flavour/orbeon/ /usr/local/orbeon/
+
+COPY ./custom/tomcat/ /usr/local/tomcat/
+COPY ./custom/orbeon/ /usr/local/orbeon/
+COPY ./custom/resources/ /usr/local/custom/resources/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/custom/orbeon/README.txt b/custom/orbeon/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..333db72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/custom/orbeon/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Files (and directories) which will override the default Orbeon files
+
diff --git a/custom/resources/README.txt b/custom/resources/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcbe3fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/custom/resources/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Files (and directories) which will be copied to /usr/share/custom/resources
+
diff --git a/custom/tomcat/README.txt b/custom/tomcat/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9865672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/custom/tomcat/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Files (and directories) which will override the default tomcat files