diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 8156dd4..8a401b7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -469,6 +469,9 @@ services:
         environment: &fcrepo-environment
             FCREPO_ALLOW_EXTERNAL_DEFAULT: "http://default/"
             FCREPO_ALLOW_EXTERNAL_DRUPAL: "https://islandora.dev/"
+            FCREPO_PERSISTENCE_TYPE: "mysql"
+            DB_HOST: mariadb
+            DB_PORT: 3306
         labels: &fcrepo-labels
             <<: [*traefik-enable, *traefik-https-redirect-middleware]
             # Due to weird logic in `fcrepo/static/js/common.js`, do not use https