diff --git a/src/docker_modules/BWA/0.7.17/Dockerfile b/src/docker_modules/BWA/0.7.17/Dockerfile
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+++ b/src/docker_modules/BWA/0.7.17/Dockerfile
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+FROM ubuntu:18.04
+MAINTAINER Laurent Modolo
+
+ENV BWA_VERSION=0.7.17
+ENV PACKAGES curl=7.58.0* \
+    ca-certificates=20180409 \
+    build-essential=12.4* \
+    zlib1g-dev=1:1.2.11*
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ${PACKAGES} && \
+    apt-get clean
+
+RUN curl -k -L https://github.com/lh3/bwa/releases/download/v${BWA_VERSION}/bwa-${BWA_VERSION}.tar.bz2 -o bwa-v${BWA_VERSION}.tar.bz2 && \
+tar xjf bwa-v${BWA_VERSION}.tar.bz2 && \
+cd bwa-${BWA_VERSION}/ && \
+make && \
+cp bwa /usr/bin && \
+cd .. && \
+rm -R bwa-${BWA_VERSION}/
diff --git a/src/docker_modules/BWA/0.7.17/docker_init.sh b/src/docker_modules/BWA/0.7.17/docker_init.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+docker build src/docker_modules/BWA/0.7.17 -t 'bwa:0.7.17'