diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5bf9a35..8ca0b45 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ to be able to run the compilation in this environment.
 
 run ci/build.sh
 
+Set the `PDAL_DRIVER_PATH` environment variable to point to `${THIS REPO}/install/lib`
+in order for pdal to find the plugins.
+
 ### Windows
 
 one day, maybe...
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ The code is structured as:
 │   │   ├── CMakeLists.txt
 ├── doc
 │   ├── pluginFilter.md
+├── examples  # examples of usage of the code or the docker image
 ├── ci
 ├── macro  # Python module with ready-to-use filters combinations
 │   ├── __init__.py
@@ -129,3 +133,11 @@ docker run \
     python /scripts/my_script.py --input /data/my_data_file.las -o /output/my_output.las
 ```
 
+Another example can be found in the [./example](./examples/) folder:
+
+Run the following command to run the [demo_script](./examples/demo_script.py) python script
+which copies an input las file into the output folder as a las1.4 file :
+
+```bash
+./examples/run_custom_script_in_docker_image.sh -i ./test/data/mnx/input/bat.laz -o ./tmp/demo -s ./examples/demo_script.py
+```
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 54b0065..a71f9b6 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- Add example to run a local python script in the pdal_ign_plugin docker image
+
 ### 0.3.1
 
 - improve code readability in the radius_assign filter (Z limits part).
diff --git a/examples/demo_script.py b/examples/demo_script.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efd9450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/demo_script.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+"""Example python script used to demonstrate the usage of local python scripts inside the pdal_ign_plugin
+docker image
+"""
+
+import argparse
+
+import pdal
+
+from pdal_ign_macro import version as pim_version
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-i", "--input_file", type=str, help="Input las/laz file on which to run the script"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("-o", "--output_file", type=str, help="Out las/laz file of the script")
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def main(input_file, output_file):
+    print("Pdal version is:", pdal.__version__)
+    print("pdal_ign_macro version is:", pim_version.__version__)
+    print("Copy input file to output file as LAS1.4")
+    pipeline = pdal.Pipeline()
+    pipeline |= pdal.Reader.las(filename=input_file)
+    pipeline |= pdal.Writer.las(filename=output_file, major_version=1, minor_version=4)
+    pipeline.execute()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    args = parse_args()
+    main(args.input_file, args.output_file)
diff --git a/examples/run_custom_script_in_docker_image.sh b/examples/run_custom_script_in_docker_image.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..027c422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/run_custom_script_in_docker_image.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Bash script to run a local python script in the pdal_ign_plugin docker image
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case $1 in
+    -i|--input_file)
+      input_dir=$(realpath $(dirname "$2"))
+      input_filename=$(basename "$2")
+      shift # past argument
+      shift # past value
+      ;;
+    -o|--output_dir)
+      output_dir=$(realpath "$2")
+      shift # past argument
+      shift # past value
+      ;;
+    -s|--script)
+      script_dir=$(realpath $(dirname "$2"))
+      script_filename=$(basename "$2")
+      shift # past argument
+      shift # past value
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Unknown option $1"
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+echo "Run script:"
+echo "* dir=${script_dir}"
+echo "* name=${script_filename}"
+echo "on file:"
+echo "* dir=${input_dir}"
+echo "* name=${input_filename}"
+echo "save output to:"
+echo "* dir=${output_dir}"
+echo "* name=${input_filename}"
+echo "--------"
+
+
+docker run --rm --userns=host \
+-v ${input_dir}:/input \
+-v ${output_dir}:/output \
+-v ${script_dir}:/script \
+ghcr.io/ignf/pdal-ign-plugin:latest \
+python /script/${script_filename} \
+    -i /input/${input_filename} \
+    -o /output/${input_filename}
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