diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index d98bc6d..b68f7c4 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ SECRET_BASIC_AUTH_VERSION=v1
 # Enable this on syslogd hosts and configure the syslogd to send logs to
 # Alloy on port 514/tcp
 # SYSLOG=1
+# COMPOSE_FILE="$COMPOSE_FILE:compose.syslog.yml"
 
 # Enable this to send metrics to a Prometheus server, adapt DOMAIN if
 # server is remote
diff --git a/compose.syslog.yml b/compose.syslog.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee048bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose.syslog.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+version: "3.8"
+services:
+  app:
+    ports:
+    - "514:514"