diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,32 @@ The containers being proxied must [expose](https://docs.docker.com/reference/run
 
 Provided your DNS is setup to forward foo.bar.com to the a host running nginx-proxy, the request will be routed to a container with the VIRTUAL_HOST env var set.
 
+### Docker Compose
+
+```yaml
+version: '2'
+services:
+  nginx-proxy:
+    image: jwilder/nginx-proxy
+    container_name: nginx-proxy
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+    volumes:
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro
+
+  whoami:
+    image: jwilder/whoami
+    container_name: whoami
+    environment:
+      - VIRTUAL_HOST=whoami.local
+```
+
+```shell
+$ docker-compose up
+$ curl -H "Host: whoami.local" localhost
+I''m 5b129ab83266
+```
+
 ### Multiple Ports
 
 If your container exposes multiple ports, nginx-proxy will default to the service running on port 80.  If you need to specify a different port, you can set a VIRTUAL_PORT env var to select a different one.  If your container only exposes one port and it has a VIRTUAL_HOST env var set, that port will be selected.
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+version: '2'
+services:
+  nginx-proxy:
+    image: jwilder/nginx-proxy
+    container_name: nginx-proxy
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+    volumes:
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro
+
+  whoami:
+    image: jwilder/whoami
+    environment:
+      - VIRTUAL_HOST=whoami.local
+