diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/DockerComposeContainer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/DockerComposeContainer.java
index 42f42c71398..f34149c3900 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/DockerComposeContainer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/DockerComposeContainer.java
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ default void validateFileList(List<File> composeFiles) {
 class ContainerisedDockerCompose extends GenericContainer<ContainerisedDockerCompose> implements DockerCompose {
     public ContainerisedDockerCompose(List<File> composeFiles, String identifier) {
 
-        super("docker/compose:1.8.0");
+        super(TestcontainersConfiguration.getInstance().getDockerComposeContainerImage());
         validateFileList(composeFiles);
 
         addEnv(ENV_PROJECT_NAME, identifier);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/TestcontainersConfiguration.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/TestcontainersConfiguration.java
index a47b2b90637..bb7acb0bc9e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/TestcontainersConfiguration.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/TestcontainersConfiguration.java
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ public String getVncRecordedContainerImage() {
         return (String) properties.getOrDefault("vncrecorder.container.image", "richnorth/vnc-recorder:latest");
     }
 
+    public String getDockerComposeContainerImage() {
+        return (String) properties.getOrDefault("compose.container.image", "docker/compose:1.8.0");
+    }
+
     public String getTinyImage() {
         return (String) properties.getOrDefault("tinyimage.container.image", "alpine:3.5");
     }