diff --git a/logstash/1.5.0-sqs-hack/Dockerfile b/logstash/1.5.0-sqs-hack/Dockerfile
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+FROM debian:jessie
+
+MAINTAINER Ric Lister <rlister@gmail.com>
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    apt-get install -yq \
+    openjdk-7-jre-headless \
+    wget
+
+ENV LS_VERSION 1.5.0
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN cd /tmp && \
+    wget -q http://download.elastic.co/logstash/logstash/logstash-${LS_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
+    tar zxf /tmp/logstash-${LS_VERSION}.tar.gz -C /app --strip-components=1 && \
+    rm -f /tmp/logstash-${LS_VERSION}.tar.gz
+
+## remove shipped sqs plugin and replace with my nasty hacked fork
+RUN bin/plugin uninstall logstash-input-sqs && \
+    (echo 'gem "logstash-input-sqs", github: "rlister/logstash-input-sqs"' >> Gemfile) && \
+    apt-get install -yq git && \
+    bin/plugin install --no-verify
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "bin/logstash" ]
diff --git a/logstash/1.5.0-sqs-hack/logstash.conf b/logstash/1.5.0-sqs-hack/logstash.conf
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+input { stdin { } } output { stdout {} }