diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b5fd7545d..0c85ea1ac 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ services:
             - '8080:8080'
         environment:
             - "GAIA_MONGODB_URI=mongodb://mongo/gaia"
+            - "GAIA_EXTERNAL_URL=http://172.17.0.1:8080"
+        volumes:
+            - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
 
     mongo:
         build: