diff --git a/docker/cli.yml b/docker/cli.yml
index 223ec356b9c..708d81a211f 100644
--- a/docker/cli.yml
+++ b/docker/cli.yml
@@ -43,3 +43,9 @@ volumes:
 
 networks:
   dspacenet:
+    ipam:
+      config:
+        # Define a custom subnet for our DSpace network, so that we can easily trust requests from host to container.
+        # If you customize this value, be sure to customize the 'proxies.trusted.ipranges' env variable below.
+        - subnet: 172.23.0.0/16
+