diff --git a/deployments/docker/dev/docker-compose.yml b/deployments/docker/dev/docker-compose.yml
index 240ff888a1..96f7a707b7 100644
--- a/deployments/docker/dev/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deployments/docker/dev/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ version: '3.5'
 services:
   etcd:
     image: quay.io/coreos/etcd:v3.5.0
+    volumes:
+      - ${DOCKER_VOLUME_DIRECTORY:-.}/volumes/etcd:/etcd
     command: etcd -listen-peer-urls=http://127.0.0.1:2380 -advertise-client-urls=http://127.0.0.1:2379 -listen-client-urls http://0.0.0.0:2379,http://0.0.0.0:4001 -initial-advertise-peer-urls=http://127.0.0.1:2380 --initial-cluster default=http://127.0.0.1:2380
     ports:
       - "2379:2379"
@@ -11,6 +13,8 @@ services:
 
   pulsar:
     image: apachepulsar/pulsar:2.7.3
+    volumes:
+      - ${DOCKER_VOLUME_DIRECTORY:-.}/volumes/pulsar:/pulsar/data
     environment:
       # bin/apply-config-from-env.py script will modify the configuration file based on the environment variables
       # nettyMaxFrameSizeBytes must be calculated from maxMessageSize + 10240 (padding)
@@ -35,6 +39,8 @@ services:
     environment:
       MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: minioadmin
       MINIO_SECRET_KEY: minioadmin
+    volumes:
+      - ${DOCKER_VOLUME_DIRECTORY:-.}/volumes/minio:/minio_data
     command: minio server /minio_data
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:9000/minio/health/live"]