diff --git a/docker/conf/web.yml b/docker/conf/web.yml
--- a/docker/conf/web.yml
+++ b/docker/conf/web.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@
 
 serve_assets: yes
 
-development_db: /tmp/db.sqlite3
-production_db: /tmp/db.sqlite3
+db:
+  host: swh-web-db
+  port: 5432
+  name: swh-web
+  user: postgres
+  password: testpassword
 
 throttling:
   cache_uri: 127.0.0.1:11211
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@
       - "./services/swh-indexer-storage/entrypoint.sh:/entrypoint.sh:ro"
 
   # Web interface
+  swh-web-db:
+    image: postgres:12
+    env_file:
+      - ./env/01-web-db.env
 
   swh-web:
     build: ./
@@ -220,8 +224,11 @@
     depends_on:
       - swh-storage
       - swh-idx-storage
+      - swh-web-db
     env_file:
       - ./env/common_python.env
+      - ./env/01-web-db.env
+      - ./env/02-web-db.env
     environment:
       VERBOSITY: 3
       DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: swh.web.settings.production
diff --git a/docker/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh b/docker/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh
--- a/docker/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
     User.objects.create_superuser(username, email, password);
 "
 
+source /srv/softwareheritage/utils/pgsql.sh
+setup_pgsql
+
 source /srv/softwareheritage/utils/pyutils.sh
 setup_pip
 
@@ -26,6 +29,8 @@
         echo "Starting memcached"
         memcached&
 
+        wait_pgsql
+
         echo "Migrating db using ${DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE}"
         django-admin migrate --settings=${DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE}