diff --git a/src/site-type/Site_HTML_Docker.php b/src/site-type/Site_HTML_Docker.php
index cc476335..fed0275e 100644
--- a/src/site-type/Site_HTML_Docker.php
+++ b/src/site-type/Site_HTML_Docker.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public function generate_docker_compose_yml( array $filters = [], $volumes ) {
 
 		// nginx configuration.
 		$nginx['service_name'] = [ 'name' => 'nginx' ];
+		$nginx['container_name'] =  $filters['site_prefix'] . '_nginx_1';
 		$nginx['image']        = [ 'name' => 'easyengine/nginx:' . $img_versions['easyengine/nginx'] ];
 		$nginx['restart']      = $restart_default;
 
diff --git a/templates/docker-compose.mustache b/templates/docker-compose.mustache
index 7e8f1cd2..e9911fb1 100644
--- a/templates/docker-compose.mustache
+++ b/templates/docker-compose.mustache
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ services:
   {{#service_name}}
   {{name}}:
   {{/service_name}}
+    {{#container_name}}
+    container_name: {{container_name}}
+    {{/container_name}}
     {{#image}}
     image: {{name}}
     {{/image}}