diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7a87922..bb2492e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ src/frontend/tsclient
 # Logs
 *.log
 
+# Celery beat
+src/backend/celerybeat-schedule
+
 # Test & lint
 .coverage
 coverage.json
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa3d127..9e8289b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 ### Added
 
+- 🧑‍💻(docker) add celery beat to manage periodic tasks
 - ✨(organization) add metadata field #790
 - ⬆️(nginx) bump nginx-unprivileged to 1.27 #797
 - ✨(teams) allow broadly available teams #796
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cebc85f..babf3cd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ run: ## start the wsgi (production) and development server
 	@$(COMPOSE) up --force-recreate -d nginx
 	@$(COMPOSE) up --force-recreate -d app-dev
 	@$(COMPOSE) up --force-recreate -d celery-dev
+	@$(COMPOSE) up --force-recreate -d celery-beat-dev
 	@$(COMPOSE) up --force-recreate -d keycloak
 	@$(COMPOSE) up -d dimail
 	@echo "Wait for postgresql to be up..."
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 6e6bebd..87cdb6c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,22 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - app-dev
 
+  celery-beat-dev:
+    user: ${DOCKER_USER:-1000}
+    image: people:backend-development
+    command: ["celery", "-A", "people.celery_app", "beat", "-l", "DEBUG"]
+    environment:
+      - DJANGO_CONFIGURATION=Development
+    env_file:
+      - env.d/development/common
+      - env.d/development/postgresql
+    volumes:
+      - ./src/backend:/app
+      - ./data/media:/data/media
+      - ./data/static:/data/static
+    depends_on:
+      - app-dev
+
   app:
     build:
       context: .