diff --git a/doc/js_tutorials/js_setup/js_setup/js_setup.markdown b/doc/js_tutorials/js_setup/js_setup/js_setup.markdown
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@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Installing Emscripten
 
 [Emscripten](https://github.com/kripken/emscripten) is an LLVM-to-JavaScript compiler. We will use Emscripten to build OpenCV.js.
 
+@note
+While this describes installation of required tools from scratch, there's a section below also describing an alternative procedure to perform the same build using docker containers which is often easier.
+
 To Install Emscripten, follow instructions of [Emscripten SDK](https://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/getting_started/downloads.html).
 
 For example:
@@ -103,3 +106,25 @@ Building OpenCV.js from Source
 
     @note
     It requires `node` installed in your development environment.
+
+Building OpenCV.js with Docker
+---------------------------------------
+
+Alternatively, the same build can be can be accomplished using [docker](https://www.docker.com/) containers which is often easier and more reliable, particularly in non linux systems. You only need to install [docker](https://www.docker.com/) on your system and use a popular container that provides a clean well tested environment for emscripten builds like this, that already has latest versions of all the necessary tools installed.
+
+So, make sure [docker](https://www.docker.com/) is installed in your system and running. The following shell script should work in linux and MacOS:
+
+@code{.bash}
+git clone https://github.com/opencv/opencv.git
+cd opencv
+docker run --rm --workdir /code -v "$PWD":/code "trzeci/emscripten:latest" python ./platforms/js/build_js.py build_js
+@endcode
+
+In Windows use the following PowerShell command:
+
+@code{.bash}
+docker run --rm --workdir /code -v "$(get-location):/code" "trzeci/emscripten:latest" python ./platforms/js/build_js.py build_js
+@endcode
+
+@note
+The example uses latest version of [trzeci/emscripten](https://hub.docker.com/r/trzeci/emscripten) docker container. At this time, the latest version works fine and is `trzeci/emscripten:sdk-tag-1.38.32-64bit`
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