diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/generator/docker/DockerGenerator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/generator/docker/DockerGenerator.java
index 40f9fa7f37..ea10bc1032 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/generator/docker/DockerGenerator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/generator/docker/DockerGenerator.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import org.lflang.target.property.BuildCommandsProperty;
 import org.lflang.target.property.DockerProperty;
 import org.lflang.target.property.DockerProperty.DockerOptions;
+import org.lflang.target.property.FilesProperty;
 import org.lflang.util.StringUtil;
 
 /**
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ protected String generateDockerFileContent() {
         "WORKDIR /lingua-franca",
         "RUN mkdir scripts",
         generateCopyOfScript(),
+        generateCopyOfUserFiles(),
         generateRunForMakingExecutableDir(),
         generateCopyOfExecutable(),
         generateEntryPoint(),
@@ -150,6 +152,30 @@ protected String generateCopyOfScript() {
     return "# (No pre-run script provided.)";
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return zero or more COPY commands to copy files specified using the {@code files} target
+   * property from the builder to the runner.
+   */
+  protected String generateCopyOfUserFiles() {
+    if (!context.getTargetConfig().isSupported(FilesProperty.INSTANCE)) {
+      return "";
+    }
+    var files = context.getTargetConfig().get(FilesProperty.INSTANCE);
+    if (files == null) {
+      return "# (No user-specified files to be copied.)";
+    }
+    var ret = new StringBuilder();
+    for (var file : files) {
+      var p = Path.of(file);
+      var name = p.getFileName().toString();
+      ret.append(
+          String.format(
+              "COPY --from=builder \"lingua-franca/%s/src-gen/%s\" \"./%s\"",
+              context.getFileConfig().name, name, name));
+    }
+    return ret.toString();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return a list of strings used to construct and entrypoint. If this is done for a federate, then
    * also include additional parameters to pass in the federation ID.
diff --git a/test/C/src/docker/RuntimeFilesPropertyContainerized.lf b/test/C/src/docker/RuntimeFilesPropertyContainerized.lf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b15fa63be3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/C/src/docker/RuntimeFilesPropertyContainerized.lf
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+target C {
+  files: "./RuntimeFilesPropertyContainerized.lf",
+  docker: true
+}
+
+preamble {=
+  #include <stdio.h>
+  #include <stdlib.h>
+  #include <string.h>
+=}
+
+main reactor {
+  reaction(startup) {=
+    FILE *f = fopen("RuntimeFilesPropertyContainerized.lf", "rb");
+    fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END);
+    long fsize = ftell(f);
+    fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);
+
+    char *string = (char*) malloc(fsize + 1);
+    fread(string, fsize, 1, f);
+    fclose(f);
+
+    string[fsize] = 0;
+
+    printf("file contents:\n%s\n", string);
+
+    // fail if the file contents are not the contents of this file
+    char* expected = "target C {\n  files: \"./RuntimeFilesPropertyContainerized.lf\",\n  docker: true\n}";
+    string[strlen(expected)] = 0;
+    if (strcmp(string, expected) != 0) {
+      printf("file contents do not match expected contents\n");
+      exit(1);
+    } else {
+        printf("file contents match expected contents\n");
+    }
+
+    free(string);
+  =}
+}