diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 0769e420..6519f3f6 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ RAILS_MIN_THREADS=4
 RAILS_MAX_THREADS=16
 PGDATA="/var/lib/postgresql/data"
 OPDATA="/var/openproject/assets"
+REPO_DIR="/repositories"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b59cf4f8..278fc1a5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ networks:
 volumes:
   pgdata:
   opdata:
+  repodir:
 
 x-op-restart-policy: &restart_policy
   restart: unless-stopped
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ x-op-app: &app
     IMAP_ENABLED: "${IMAP_ENABLED:-false}"
   volumes:
     - "${OPDATA:-opdata}:/var/openproject/assets"
+    - "${REPO_DIR:-repodir}:/repositories"
 
 services:
   db:
@@ -73,7 +75,13 @@ services:
     labels:
       - autoheal=true
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:8080${OPENPROJECT_RAILS__RELATIVE__URL__ROOT:-}/health_checks/default"]
+      test:
+        [
+          "CMD",
+          "curl",
+          "-f",
+          "http://localhost:8080${OPENPROJECT_RAILS__RELATIVE__URL__ROOT:-}/health_checks/default",
+        ]
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 3s
       retries: 3