diff --git a/docker-compose/Makefile b/docker-compose/Makefile
index b64d7ff70b917574e68fc574e205b82d43007f11..e0689cc7ceedc874798ecf20ce32de7cd69ca6d7 100644
--- a/docker-compose/Makefile
+++ b/docker-compose/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ ATTACH_COMPOSE_FILE_ARGS := $(foreach yml,$(filter-out tango.yml,$(COMPOSE_FILES
 # But we allow to overwrite it.
 NETWORK_MODE ?= tangonet
 
+SCRATCH ?= /tmp
+
 # Host name through which others can reach our control interfaces.
 # Needs to be resolvable from the containers and clients.
 ifneq (,$(wildcard /run/WSL))
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ DOCKER_COMPOSE_ARGS := DISPLAY=$(DISPLAY) \
     TANGO_HOST=$(TANGO_HOST) \
     MYSQL_HOST=$(MYSQL_HOST) \
     HOSTNAME=$(HOSTNAME) \
+    SCRATCH=$(SCRATCH) \
     LOG_HOSTNAME=$(LOG_HOSTNAME) \
     NETWORK_MODE=$(NETWORK_MODE) \
     XAUTHORITY_MOUNT=$(XAUTHORITY_MOUNT) \
diff --git a/docker-compose/itango.yml b/docker-compose/itango.yml
index 9e453cddc2dc5fedde29062e81d2f3e48f27e472..42bbcfe7fa6c5a4ef7ee247dc160930d057ee656 100644
--- a/docker-compose/itango.yml
+++ b/docker-compose/itango.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
         - ..:/opt/lofar/tango:rw
         - ${HOME}:/hosthome
+        - ${SCRATCH}:/scratch:rw
     environment:
       - TANGO_HOST=${TANGO_HOST}
       - XAUTHORITY=${XAUTHORITY}
diff --git a/docker-compose/jupyter.yml b/docker-compose/jupyter.yml
index 0c5356aeb78adc0fbc11c10fe1588bf1aa2da0ce..49824c9f0ce40632553e699cf407e5a195b38386 100644
--- a/docker-compose/jupyter.yml
+++ b/docker-compose/jupyter.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ services:
         - ..:/opt/lofar/tango:rw
         - ../jupyter-notebooks:/jupyter-notebooks:rw
         - ${HOME}:/hosthome
+        - ${SCRATCH}:/scratch:rw
     environment:
       - TANGO_HOST=${TANGO_HOST}
     ports: