diff --git a/ykman/Dockerfile b/ykman/Dockerfile
index 7a50108..6d1c253 100644
--- a/ykman/Dockerfile
+++ b/ykman/Dockerfile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ FROM ubuntu:16.04
 LABEL maintainer "Jessie Frazelle <jess@linux.com>"
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+	pcscd \
 	software-properties-common \
 	--no-install-recommends && \
 	add-apt-repository ppa:yubico/stable && \
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
 	yubikey-manager \
 	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 LANG=C.UTF-8
+
 WORKDIR /root/
 
+COPY entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh" ]
 CMD [ "ykman", "--help" ]
diff --git a/ykman/entrypoint.sh b/ykman/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fe72a9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ykman/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+init(){
+	local pcscd_running=$(ps -aux | grep [p]cscd)
+	if [ -z "$pcscd_running" ]; then
+		echo "starting pcscd in backgroud"
+		pcscd --debug --apdu
+		pcscd --hotplug
+	else
+		echo "pcscd is running in already: ${pcscd_running}"
+	fi
+}
+
+init
+
+"$@"