diff --git a/dev/docker/Dockerfile b/dev/docker/Dockerfile
index 178ea9a6c..b1bf93349 100644
--- a/dev/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/dev/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ RUN apt-get update -y \
     && apt-get install -y git zip unzip libpng-dev libldap2-dev libzip-dev wait-for-it \
     && docker-php-ext-configure ldap --with-libdir=lib/x86_64-linux-gnu \
     && docker-php-ext-install pdo_mysql gd ldap zip \
+    && pecl install xdebug \
+    && docker-php-ext-enable xdebug \
     && a2enmod rewrite \
     && sed -ri -e 's!/var/www/html!${APACHE_DOCUMENT_ROOT}!g' /etc/apache2/sites-available/*.conf \
     && sed -ri -e 's!/var/www/!${APACHE_DOCUMENT_ROOT}!g' /etc/apache2/apache2.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/*.conf
diff --git a/dev/docker/php/conf.d/xdebug.ini b/dev/docker/php/conf.d/xdebug.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8eaad6101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/docker/php/conf.d/xdebug.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+zend_extension=xdebug
+
+[xdebug]
+xdebug.mode=debug
+xdebug.client_host=host.docker.internal
+xdebug.start_with_request=yes
+xdebug.client_port=9090
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 792025894..13648c121 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ services:
       - ${DEV_PORT:-8080}:80
     volumes:
       - ./:/app
+      - ./dev/docker/php/conf.d/xdebug.ini:/usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-php-ext-xdebug.ini
     entrypoint: /app/dev/docker/entrypoint.app.sh
+    extra_hosts:
+    - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
   node:
     image: node:alpine
     working_dir: /app