diff --git a/.docker/php/custom.ini b/.docker/php/custom.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd039a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.docker/php/custom.ini
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sendmail_path=/usr/sbin/sendmail -S localhost:1025 -t
diff --git a/.env.dist b/.env.dist
index d9ad487..b8ca3ae 100644
--- a/.env.dist
+++ b/.env.dist
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ WEB_PORT=8080
 MYSQL_PORT=3306
 SELENIUM_PORT=4444
 VNC_PORT=5900
+MAIL_PORT=8025
 BASE_URI=http://127.0.0.1:8080
 UID=1000
 GID=1000
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 615368e..dc18bd5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ in order to see tests running in the browser. Using a VNC client such as Remmina
 simply connect to port `127.0.0.1:5900` with the password `secret`. If you've changed the `VNC_PORT`
 environment variable be sure to connect to that port instead.
 
+## Mailpit
+
+The mailpit service is available and configured to capture email sent from the site. This can be
+accessed at http://localhost:8025. For more info see https://github.com/axllent/mailpit.
+
 ## Contributing
 
 Once you're up and running you'll have Drupal core checked out in the app directory. From here you
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index fab63eb..beb4bc7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ services:
       - "${MYSQL_PORT:-3306}:3306"
       - "${SELENIUM_PORT:-4444}:4444"
       - "${VNC_PORT:-5900}:5900"
+      - "${SMTP_PORT:-1025}:1025"
+      - "${MAIL_PORT:-8025}:8025"
     extra_hosts:
       - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
     volumes:
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ services:
     network_mode: service:nginx
     volumes:
       - ./:/data
+      - ./.docker/php/custom.ini:/etc/php/conf.d/99-custom.ini
     environment:
       - PHP_IDE_CONFIG=serverName=localhost
 
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ services:
       - PHP_IDE_CONFIG=serverName=localhost
     volumes:
       - ./:/data
+      - ./.docker/php/custom.ini:/etc/php/conf.d/99-custom.ini
 
   mysql:
     image: mysql:latest
@@ -60,3 +64,7 @@ services:
   selenium:
     image: ${SELENIUM_IMAGE:-selenium/standalone-chrome:111.0}
     network_mode: service:nginx
+
+  mail:
+    image: axllent/mailpit
+    network_mode: service:nginx