diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 16e193cbd..eb99687e3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ kuberpult-earthly: compose-down
 	earthly +all-services --UID=$(USER_UID)
 	docker compose up 
 
+kuberpult-earthly-persist: compose-down
+	earthly +all-services --UID=$(USER_UID)
+	docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.persist.yml up
+
 all-services:
 	earthly +all-services --tag=$(VERSION)
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.persist.yml b/docker-compose.persist.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad20d504e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.persist.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+services:
+  postgres:
+    volumes:
+      - "pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data"
+
+volumes:
+  pgdata:
+    driver: local
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