diff --git a/examples/local-image/Dockerfile b/examples/local-image/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c5e576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local-image/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FROM alpine:latest
+WORKDIR /golem/work
+RUN echo "hello from my local image 👋" > /golem/work/hello.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/local-image/alpine.gvmi b/examples/local-image/alpine.gvmi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cccb32c
Binary files /dev/null and b/examples/local-image/alpine.gvmi differ
diff --git a/examples/local-image/serveLocalGvmi.ts b/examples/local-image/serveLocalGvmi.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3d5f0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/local-image/serveLocalGvmi.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { TaskExecutor } from "@golem-sdk/task-executor";
+import { pinoPrettyLogger } from "@golem-sdk/pino-logger";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+
+const DIR_NAME = fileURLToPath(new URL(".", import.meta.url));
+
+(async function main() {
+  const executor = await TaskExecutor.create({
+    logger: pinoPrettyLogger({ level: "info" }),
+    demand: {
+      workload: {
+        // if the image url starts with "file://" it will be treated as a local file
+        // and the sdk will automatically serve it to the provider
+        imageUrl: `file://${DIR_NAME}/alpine.gvmi`,
+      },
+    },
+    market: {
+      rentHours: 0.5,
+      pricing: {
+        model: "linear",
+        maxStartPrice: 0.5,
+        maxCpuPerHourPrice: 1.0,
+        maxEnvPerHourPrice: 0.5,
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  try {
+    await executor.run(async (exe) => console.log((await exe.run("cat hello.txt")).stdout));
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Computation failed:", error);
+  } finally {
+    await executor.shutdown();
+  }
+})();
diff --git a/tests/examples/examples.json b/tests/examples/examples.json
index df7aed5..3cbb7f4 100644
--- a/tests/examples/examples.json
+++ b/tests/examples/examples.json
@@ -61,5 +61,6 @@
   { "cmd": "node", "path": "examples/docs-examples/examples/executing-tasks/observing-events.mjs" },
   { "cmd": "node", "path": "examples/docs-examples/examples/outbound/npm-install.mjs" },
   { "cmd": "node", "path": "examples/docs-examples/examples/outbound/outbound-basic.mjs" },
-  { "cmd": "node", "path": "examples/docs-examples/examples/outbound/whitelist-checker.mjs" }
+  { "cmd": "node", "path": "examples/docs-examples/examples/outbound/whitelist-checker.mjs" },
+  { "cmd": "tsx", "path": "examples/local-image/serveLocalGvmi.ts" }
 ]