diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,29 @@
     ports:
       - 5018:15672
 
+  zookeeper:
+    image: wurstmeister/zookeeper
+    ports:
+      - "2181:2181"
+  kafka:
+    image: wurstmeister/kafka
+    ports:
+      - "9092:9092"
+    # env_file: ./kafka.env
+    environment:
+      BROKER_ID_COMMAND: "hostname | awk -F'-' '{print $$2}'"
+      # KAFKA_ADVERTISED_HOST_NAME: 192.168.99.100
+      KAFKA_CREATE_TOPICS_SEPARATOR: "$$'\n'"
+      KAFKA_CREATE_TOPICS: "swh.tmp_journal.new.content:1:1
+swh.tmp_journal.new.revision:1:1,
+swh.tmp_journal.new.release:1:1,
+swh.journal.objects.contents:1:1,
+swh.journal.objects.revision:1:1,
+swh.journal.objects.release:1:1"
+      KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT: zookeeper:2181
+    volumes:
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+
 # Scheduler
 
   swh-scheduler-db:
diff --git a/kafka.env b/kafka.env
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kafka.env
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+BROKER_ID_COMMAND="hostname | awk -F'-' '{print $$2}'"
+KAFKA_ADVERTISED_HOST_NAME="192.168.99.100"
+KAFKA_CREATE_TOPICS_SEPARATOR="$$'\n'"
+KAFKA_CREATE_TOPICS="swh.tmp_journal.new.content:1:1
+swh.tmp_journal.new.revision:1:1,
+swh.tmp_journal.new.release:1:1,
+swh.journal.objects.contents:1:1,
+swh.journal.objects.revision:1:1,
+swh.journal.objects.release:1:1"
+KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT="zookeeper:2181"