diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 27311f2..a8daa14 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ services:
       - blob_data:/var/lib/tranquil-pds/blobs
       - store_data:/var/lib/tranquil-pds/store
     depends_on:
-      - db
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
 
   frontend:
     profiles: [prod]
@@ -45,6 +46,20 @@ services:
       retries: 10
       start_period: 5s
 
+  plc:
+    profiles: [dev]
+    build:
+      context: https://github.com/did-method-plc/did-method-plc.git
+      dockerfile: packages/server/Dockerfile
+    environment:
+      DB_CREDS_JSON: '{"username":"postgres","password":"postgres","host":"db","port":"5432","database":"plc"}'
+      ENABLE_MIGRATIONS: "true"
+      DB_MIGRATE_CREDS_JSON: '{"username":"postgres","password":"postgres","host":"db","port":"5432","database":"plc"}'
+      PORT: "2582"
+    depends_on:
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+
   traefik:
     profiles: [dev]
     image: traefik:v3.4
diff --git a/scripts/init-dev-dbs.sql b/scripts/init-dev-dbs.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cddff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/init-dev-dbs.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SELECT 'CREATE DATABASE plc' WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT FROM pg_database WHERE datname = 'plc')\gexec