diff --git a/tools/docker/docker-compose-dev.yaml b/tools/docker/docker-compose-dev.yaml
index 5f6456c80..562a0978d 100644
--- a/tools/docker/docker-compose-dev.yaml
+++ b/tools/docker/docker-compose-dev.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ x-environment:
   - DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=${DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE:-aap_eda.settings.development}
   - EDA_ALLOWED_HOSTS=['*']
   - EDA_DEPLOYMENT_TYPE=${EDA_DEPLOYMENT_TYPE:-podman}
-  - EDA_WEBSOCKET_BASE_URL=${EDA_WEBSOCKET_BASE_URL:-ws://eda-api:8000}
+  - EDA_WEBSOCKET_BASE_URL=${EDA_WEBSOCKET_BASE_URL:-ws://eda-ws:8000}
   - EDA_WEBSOCKET_SSL_VERIFY=no
   - EDA_PODMAN_SOCKET_URL=tcp://podman:8888
   - EDA_CONTROLLER_URL=${EDA_CONTROLLER_URL:-https://awx-example.com}
@@ -77,6 +77,23 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - '../../:/app/src:z'
 
+  eda-ws:
+    image: "${EDA_IMAGE:-quay.io/ansible/eda-server:main}"
+    environment: *common-env
+    command:
+      - /bin/bash
+      - -c
+      - >-
+        aap-eda-manage runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
+    ports:
+      - '8001:8000'
+    depends_on:
+      eda-api:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - '../../:/app/src:z'
+
+
   eda-scheduler:
     image: "${EDA_IMAGE:-localhost/aap-eda}"
     environment: *common-env