diff --git a/docker-compose/Makefile b/docker-compose/Makefile
index 4f1b5499a18718e60aef975a52f4dfd6d47593aa..f1b2cc5788c9f75cead9c8fdfaa1793e86f2cb81 100644
--- a/docker-compose/Makefile
+++ b/docker-compose/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 MAKEPATH := $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
 BASEDIR := $(notdir $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(MAKEPATH))))
 
+DOCKER_COMPOSE_ENV_FILE := $(abspath .env)
 COMPOSE_FILES := $(wildcard *.yml)
-COMPOSE_FILE_ARGS := $(foreach yml,$(COMPOSE_FILES),-f $(yml))
+COMPOSE_FILE_ARGS := --env-file $(DOCKER_COMPOSE_ENV_FILE) $(foreach yml,$(COMPOSE_FILES),-f $(yml))
 
 ATTACH_COMPOSE_FILE_ARGS := $(foreach yml,$(filter-out tango.yml,$(COMPOSE_FILES)),-f $(yml))