diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/generator/docker/DockerComposeGenerator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/generator/docker/DockerComposeGenerator.java
index 08b0df23c6..2ac6c9fa63 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/generator/docker/DockerComposeGenerator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/generator/docker/DockerComposeGenerator.java
@@ -62,10 +62,20 @@ protected String getServiceDescription(DockerData data) {
                        context: "%s"
                    container_name: "%s"
                    tty: true
+                   extra_hosts:
+                     - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
+                   environment:
+                     LF_TELEGRAF_HOST_NAME: ${LF_TELEGRAF_HOST_NAME:-host.docker.internal}
            """
         .formatted(getServiceName(data), getBuildContext(data), getContainerName(data));
   }
 
+  private String getEnvironmentFile() {
+    // FIXME: add target property env-files
+    var file = ".env";
+    return "env-file: \"%s\"".formatted(file);
+  }
+
   /** Return the name of the service represented by the given data. */
   protected String getServiceName(DockerData data) {
     return "main";