diff --git a/Program_Licenses.md b/Program_Licenses.md
index 7bbd58481..f35c5bc2e 100644
--- a/Program_Licenses.md
+++ b/Program_Licenses.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ The licenses of the open-source software that is contained in these Docker image
| centroid | GitHub No License | https://github.com/https://github.com/stjacqrm/centroid |
| CDC-SPN | GitHub No License | https://github.com/BenJamesMetcalf/Spn_Scripts_Reference |
| cfsan-snp-pipeline | non-standard license see --> | https://github.com/CFSAN-Biostatistics/snp-pipeline/blob/master/LICENSE.txt |
+| CheckM | GNU GPLv3 | https://github.com/Ecogenomics/CheckM/blob/master/LICENSE |
| Circlator | GNU GPLv3 | https://github.com/sanger-pathogens/circlator/blob/master/LICENSE |
| colorid | MIT | https://github.com/hcdenbakker/colorid/blob/master/LICENSE |
| datasets-sars-cov-2 | Apache 2.0 | https://github.com/CDCgov/datasets-sars-cov-2/blob/master/LICENSE |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4ea4788a..8985a627f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ To learn more about the docker pull rate limits and the open source software pro
| [centroid](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/centroid/)
[](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/centroid) | | https://github.com/stjacqrm/centroid |
| [CDC-SPN](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/cdc-spn/)
[](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/cdc-spn) | | https://github.com/BenJamesMetcalf/Spn_Scripts_Reference |
| [cfsan-snp-pipeline](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/cfsan-snp-pipeline)
[](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/cfsan-snp-pipeline) | | https://github.com/CFSAN-Biostatistics/snp-pipeline |
+| [CheckM](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/checkm)
[](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/checkm) | | https://github.com/Ecogenomics/CheckM |
| [Circlator](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/circlator)
[](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/circlator) | | https://github.com/sanger-pathogens/circlator |
| [Clustalo](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/clustalo)
[](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/clustalo) | | http://www.clustal.org/omega/ |
| [colorid](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/colorid)
[](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/colorid) | | https://github.com/hcdenbakker/colorid |
diff --git a/checkm/1.2.2/Dockerfile b/checkm/1.2.2/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3564e602e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checkm/1.2.2/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+FROM ubuntu:jammy as app
+
+ARG CHECKM_VER="1.2.2"
+ARG PPLACER_VER="v1.1.alpha19"
+
+LABEL base.image="ubuntu:jammy"
+LABEL dockerfile.version="1"
+LABEL software="CheckM"
+LABEL software.version="${CHECKM_VER}"
+LABEL description="CheckM provides a set of tools for assessing the quality of genomes recovered from isolates, single cells, or metagenomes."
+LABEL website="dockerfile-template/Dockerfile dockerfile-template/README.md"
+LABEL license="https://github.com/Ecogenomics/CheckM/blob/master/LICENSE"
+LABEL maintainer="Kutluhan Incekara"
+LABEL maintainer.email="kutluhan.incekara@ct.gov"
+
+# install system requirements
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+ wget \
+ unzip \
+ python3-pip \
+ hmmer \
+ prodigal &&\
+ apt-get autoclean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# install checkm and its dependencies
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir numpy matplotlib pysam checkm-genome &&\
+ wget https://github.com/matsen/pplacer/releases/download/${PPLACER_VER}/pplacer-linux-${PPLACER_VER}.zip && \
+ unzip pplacer-linux-${PPLACER_VER}.zip && rm pplacer-linux-${PPLACER_VER}.zip
+
+ENV PATH=$PATH:/pplacer-Linux-${PPLACER_VER} \
+ LC_ALL=C
+
+# 'CMD' instructions set a default command when the container is run.
+CMD [ "checkm", "-h" ]
+
+# 'WORKDIR' sets working directory
+WORKDIR /data
+
+## Test ##
+FROM app as test
+
+# download database and inform CheckM of where the files have been placed
+RUN wget https://data.ace.uq.edu.au/public/CheckM_databases/checkm_data_2015_01_16.tar.gz &&\
+ mkdir checkm_db && tar -C checkm_db -xvf checkm_data_2015_01_16.tar.gz &&\
+ checkm data setRoot checkm_db
+
+# run test with internal test data
+RUN checkm taxonomy_wf species "Escherichia coli" ./checkm_db/test_data/ ./checkm_test_results
+
diff --git a/checkm/1.2.2/README.md b/checkm/1.2.2/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b471ab42a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checkm/1.2.2/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# CheckM container
+
+Main tool: [CheckM](https://github.com/Ecogenomics/CheckM)
+
+Code repository: https://github.com/Ecogenomics/CheckM
+
+Additional tools:
+- HHMER: 3.3.2
+- prodigal: 2.6.3
+- pplacer: 1.1.alpha19-0-g807f6f3
+
+Basic information on how to use this tool:
+- executable: checkm
+- help: <-h>
+- version: <-h>
+- description: CheckM provides a set of tools for assessing the quality of genomes recovered from isolates, single cells, or metagenomes.
+
+Additional information:
+
+This container does not include precalculated data files that CheckM relies on
+Those files can be downloaded from either:
+- https://data.ace.uq.edu.au/public/CheckM_databases
+- https://zenodo.org/record/7401545#.Y44ymHbMJD8
+
+The reference data must be decompress into a directory. Inform CheckM of where the files have been placed with the following command:
+```
+checkm data setRoot
+```
+
+Full documentation: https://github.com/Ecogenomics/CheckM/wiki
+
+## Example Usage
+
+```bash
+checkm lineage_wf -t 8 -x fasta input_folder output_folder
+```