diff --git a/src/.docker_modules/star/2.5.3/Dockerfile b/src/.docker_modules/star/2.5.3/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a045a2352dd59dc8de04e07b233a0399b891cde8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.docker_modules/star/2.5.3/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+FROM quay.io/biocontainers/star:2.7.3a--0
+MAINTAINER Laurent Modolo
diff --git a/src/.docker_modules/star/2.5.3/docker_init.sh b/src/.docker_modules/star/2.5.3/docker_init.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..50beecfcc7fcb7a9b1943a418651cafb55851495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.docker_modules/star/2.5.3/docker_init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+docker pull lbmc/star:2.7.3a
+docker build src/.docker_modules/star/2.7.3a/ -t 'lbmc/star:2.7.3a'
+docker push lbmc/star:2.7.3a