diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 406d28fc5..37073b9bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ jobs:
           - name: release
             cntr: rcpp/ci
             r: R
+          - name: r-4.4
+            cntr: rcpp/ci-4.4
+            r: R
           - name: r-4.3
             cntr: rcpp/ci-4.3
             r: R
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9340e6555..413439bf6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2025-04-15  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>
+
+	* docker/ci-4.4/Dockerfile: Added based on r-base:4.4.3
+	* .github/workflows/ci.yaml (jobs): Add rcpp/ci-4.4 to matrix
+
 2025-03-31  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>
 
 	* DESCRIPTION (Version, Date): Roll micro version and date
diff --git a/docker/ci-4.4/Dockerfile b/docker/ci-4.4/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd50e1f7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/ci-4.4/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+## Emacs, make this -*- mode: sh; -*-
+
+FROM r-base:4.4.3
+
+LABEL org.label-schema.license="GPL-2.0" \
+      org.label-schema.vcs-url="https://github.com/RcppCore/Rcpp" \
+      maintainer="Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>"
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+        && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git \
+        && install.r inline pkgKitten rbenchmark tinytest
+
+ENV _R_CHECK_FORCE_SUGGESTS_=FALSE
+ENV _R_CHECK_TESTS_NLINES_=0
+ENV RunAllRcppTests=yes
+
+CMD ["bash"]