diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 RUN pip install \
         swh-core[db,http] \
+        swh-counters \
         swh-deposit[server] \
         swh-indexer \
         swh-journal \
diff --git a/docker/conf/counters.yml b/docker/conf/counters.yml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/conf/counters.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+counters:
+  cls: redis
+  host: redis:6379
diff --git a/docker/conf/counters_journal_client.yml b/docker/conf/counters_journal_client.yml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/conf/counters_journal_client.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+counters:
+  cls: remote
+  url: http://swh-counters:5011/
+journal:
+  brokers:
+    - kafka
+  prefix: swh.journal.objects
+  group_id: swh.counters.journal_client
+  object_types:
+    - content
+    - origin
+    - revision
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-counters.yml b/docker/docker-compose-counters.yml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-counters.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+version: "2.1"
+
+services:
+  swh-counters:
+    image: swh/stack
+    build: ./
+    entrypoint: /entrypoint.sh
+    environment:
+      SWH_CONFIG_FILENAME: /etc/softwareheritage/counters/server.yml
+    env_file:
+      - ./env/common_python.env
+    ports:
+      - 5011:5011
+    depends_on:
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - "./conf/counters.yml:/etc/softwareheritage/counters/server.yml:ro"
+      - "./services/swh-counters/entrypoint.sh:/entrypoint.sh:ro"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: [ "CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:5011/" ]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 10
+
+  swh-counters-journal-client:
+    image: swh/stack
+    build: ./
+    entrypoint: /entrypoint.sh
+    env_file:
+      - ./env/common_python.env
+    depends_on:
+      kafka:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      swh-counters:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - "./conf/counters_journal_client.yml:/etc/softwareheritage/counters/journal_client.yml:ro"
+      - "./services/swh-counters-journal-client/entrypoint.sh:/entrypoint.sh:ro"
+
+  redis:
+    image: redis
+    volumes:
+      - redis-data:/data
+    ports:
+      - 6379
+    command:
+      - "--save"
+      - "60"
+      - "1" # flush every minutes
+    healthcheck:
+      test: [ "CMD", "redis-cli", "PING" ]
+      interval: 1s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 10
+
+volumes:
+  redis-data:
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -16,14 +16,16 @@
       - "5092:9092"
     env_file: ./env/kafka.env
     environment:
-      KAFKA_CREATE_TOPICS: swh.journal.objects.origin:1:1,
+      KAFKA_CREATE_TOPICS: swh.journal.objects.content:1:1,
+        swh.journal.objects.origin:1:1,
         swh.journal.objects.origin_visit:1:1,
         swh.journal.objects.origin_visit_status:1:1,
+        swh.journal.objects.revision:1:1,
         swh.journal.indexed.origin_intrinsic_metadata:1:1
     depends_on:
       - zookeeper
     healthcheck:
-      test: "[ `JMX_PORT= kafka-topics.sh --list --zookeeper zookeeper:2181 | wc -l` -ge 4 ]"
+      test: "[ `JMX_PORT= kafka-topics.sh --list --zookeeper zookeeper:2181 | wc -l` -ge 6 ]"
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 10
diff --git a/docker/services/swh-counters-journal-client/entrypoint.sh b/docker/services/swh-counters-journal-client/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/services/swh-counters-journal-client/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+source /srv/softwareheritage/utils/pyutils.sh
+setup_pip
+
+case "$1" in
+    "shell")
+      exec bash -i
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Starting swh-counters-journal client"
+      exec wait-for-it kafka:9092 -s --timeout=0 -- \
+          swh --log-level DEBUG counters --config-file /etc/softwareheritage/counters/journal_client.yml journal-client
+      ;;
+esac
diff --git a/docker/services/swh-counters/entrypoint.sh b/docker/services/swh-counters/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/services/swh-counters/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+source /srv/softwareheritage/utils/pyutils.sh
+setup_pip
+
+case "$1" in
+    "shell")
+      exec bash -i
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Starting the swh-counters API server"
+      wait-for-it redis:6379 -s --timeout=0
+      exec gunicorn --bind 0.0.0.0:5011 \
+           --reload \
+           --threads 4 \
+           --workers 2 \
+           --log-level DEBUG \
+           --timeout 3600 \
+           --config 'python:swh.core.api.gunicorn_config' \
+           'swh.counters.api.server:make_app_from_configfile()'
+      ;;
+esac