diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bf4ab16d..4c893e81 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ RUN apt-get -y upgrade
 RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install vim postfix sasl2-bin courier-imap courier-imap-ssl \
     courier-pop courier-pop-ssl courier-authdaemon supervisor gamin amavisd-new spamassassin clamav clamav-daemon libnet-dns-perl libmail-spf-perl \
     pyzor razor arj bzip2 cabextract cpio file gzip nomarch p7zip pax unzip zip zoo rsyslog mailutils netcat \
-    opendkim opendkim-tools opendmarc curl
+    opendkim opendkim-tools opendmarc curl fail2ban
 RUN apt-get autoclean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Configures Saslauthd
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml.dist b/docker-compose.yml.dist
index 69501fc4..15e07908 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml.dist
+++ b/docker-compose.yml.dist
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ mail:
   image: tvial/docker-mailserver
   hostname: mail
   domainname: domain.com
+  privileged: true
   ports:
   - "25:25"
   - "143:143"
diff --git a/start-mailserver.sh b/start-mailserver.sh
index 050b9e06..f52cd5cb 100644
--- a/start-mailserver.sh
+++ b/start-mailserver.sh
@@ -188,6 +188,22 @@ echo "required_score 5" >> /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf
 echo "rewrite_header Subject ***SPAM***" >> /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf
 cp /tmp/spamassassin/rules.cf /etc/spamassassin/
 
+
+echo "Configuring fail2ban"
+# enable filters
+perl -i -0pe 's/(\[postfix\]\n\n).*\n/\1enabled  = true\n/'     /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf
+perl -i -0pe 's/(\[couriersmtp\]\n\n).*\n/\1enabled  = true\n/' /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf
+perl -i -0pe 's/(\[courierauth\]\n\n).*\n/\1enabled  = true\n/' /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf
+perl -i -0pe 's/(\[sasl\]\n\n).*\n/\1enabled  = true\n/'        /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf
+
+# increase ban time and find time to 3h
+sed -i "/^bantime *=/c\bantime = 10800"     /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf
+sed -i "/^findtime *=/c\findtime = 10800"   /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf
+
+# avoid warning on startup
+echo "ignoreregex =" >> /etc/fail2ban/filter.d/postfix-sasl.conf
+
+
 echo "Starting daemons"
 cron
 /etc/init.d/rsyslog start
@@ -208,6 +224,7 @@ fi
 /etc/init.d/opendkim start
 /etc/init.d/opendmarc start
 /etc/init.d/postfix start
+/etc/init.d/fail2ban start
 
 echo "Listing SASL users"
 sasldblistusers2