diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4609512..1cda8a0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ COPY --from=build "/sslh/sslh-select" "/usr/local/bin/sslh"
 
 RUN apk --no-cache add libconfig pcre2
 
-ENTRYPOINT [ "/usr/local/bin/sslh" ]
+COPY "./container-entrypoint.sh" "/init"
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/init" ]
diff --git a/container-entrypoint.sh b/container-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cabc783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL2-or-later
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2023 Olliver Schinagl <oliver@schinagl.nl>
+#
+# A beginning user should be able to docker run image bash (or sh) without
+# needing to learn about --entrypoint
+# https://github.com/docker-library/official-images#consistency
+
+set -eu
+
+bin='sslh'
+
+# run command if it is not starting with a "-" and is an executable in PATH
+if [ "${#}" -le 0 ] || \
+   [ "${1#-}" != "${1}" ] || \
+   [ -d "${1}" ] || \
+   ! command -v "${1}" > '/dev/null' 2>&1; then
+	entrypoint='true'
+fi
+
+exec ${entrypoint:+${bin}} "${@}"
+
+exit 0