diff --git a/sdk-commons/pom.xml b/sdk-commons/pom.xml
index e52a1e4b..925e25dc 100644
--- a/sdk-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk-commons/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     <properties>
         <sdk.groupId>org.openmrs.maven.plugins</sdk.groupId>
         <sdk.artifactId>openmrs-sdk-maven-plugin</sdk.artifactId>
+        <docker-java.version>3.2.8</docker-java.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -71,6 +72,29 @@
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!--        Docker-->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.github.docker-java</groupId>
+            <artifactId>docker-java</artifactId>
+            <version>${docker-java.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.github.docker-java</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>docker-java-transport-jersey</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.github.docker-java</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>docker-java-transport-netty</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.github.docker-java</groupId>
+            <artifactId>docker-java-transport-httpclient5</artifactId>
+            <version>${docker-java.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+
         <!--Testing-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/sdk-commons/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/utility/DefaultWizard.java b/sdk-commons/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/utility/DefaultWizard.java
index cc2ea55d..3a43b4a2 100644
--- a/sdk-commons/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/utility/DefaultWizard.java
+++ b/sdk-commons/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/utility/DefaultWizard.java
@@ -904,8 +904,11 @@ public void promptForDockerizedDb(Server server, DockerHelper dockerHelper, Stri
 			throws MojoExecutionException {
 		promptForDockerHostIfMissing(dockerHelper, dockerHost);
 
-		String containerId = prompt(
-				"Please specify your container id/name/label (you can get it using command `docker ps -a --no-trunc`)");
+		List<String> containerNames = dockerHelper.getDockerContainerNames();
+		String customMessage = "Please specify your container id/name/label (you can get it using command `docker ps -a --no-trunc`) ";
+
+		String containerId = promptForMissingValueWithOptions("Select the docker container: ", null, null,
+				containerNames, customMessage, "");
 		String username = prompt("Please specify DB username");
 		String password = promptForPassword("Please specify DB password");
 
diff --git a/sdk-commons/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/utility/DockerHelper.java b/sdk-commons/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/utility/DockerHelper.java
index a860293a..2fc05d4f 100644
--- a/sdk-commons/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/utility/DockerHelper.java
+++ b/sdk-commons/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/utility/DockerHelper.java
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 package org.openmrs.maven.plugins.utility;
 
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.DockerClient;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Container;
+import com.github.dockerjava.core.DefaultDockerClientConfig;
+import com.github.dockerjava.core.DockerClientBuilder;
+import com.github.dockerjava.core.DockerClientConfig;
+import com.github.dockerjava.httpclient5.ApacheDockerHttpClient;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.SystemUtils;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.BuildPluginManager;
@@ -12,7 +18,9 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static org.openmrs.maven.plugins.utility.PropertiesUtils.loadPropertiesFromFile;
 import static org.twdata.maven.mojoexecutor.MojoExecutor.artifactId;
@@ -51,12 +59,18 @@ public class DockerHelper {
     private final MavenSession mavenSession;
     private final BuildPluginManager pluginManager;
     private final Wizard wizard;
+    private final DockerClient dockerClient;
 
     public DockerHelper(MavenEnvironment mavenEnvironment) {
         this.mavenProject = mavenEnvironment.getMavenProject();
         this.mavenSession = mavenEnvironment.getMavenSession();
         this.pluginManager = mavenEnvironment.getPluginManager();
         this.wizard = mavenEnvironment.getWizard();
+        DefaultDockerClientConfig.Builder configBuilder = DefaultDockerClientConfig.createDefaultConfigBuilder();
+        DockerClientConfig config = configBuilder.build();
+        dockerClient = DockerClientBuilder.getInstance(config).withDockerHttpClient(
+                new ApacheDockerHttpClient.Builder().dockerHost(config.getDockerHost()).sslConfig(config.getSSLConfig()).build()
+        ).build();
     }
 
     private Properties getSdkProperties() throws MojoExecutionException {
@@ -144,4 +158,14 @@ public void runDbContainer(String container, String dbUri, String username, Stri
                 executionEnvironment(mavenProject, mavenSession, pluginManager)
         );
     }
+
+    public List<Container> getDockerContainers() {
+        return dockerClient.listContainersCmd().withShowAll(true).exec();
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getDockerContainerNames() {
+        return getDockerContainers().stream()
+                .map(container -> container.getNames()[0].replace("/", ""))
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
 }