diff --git a/internal/boxcli/services.go b/internal/boxcli/services.go
index e1eb493afe1..372a2b669d8 100644
--- a/internal/boxcli/services.go
+++ b/internal/boxcli/services.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ type serviceUpFlags struct {
 	background          bool
 	processComposeFile  string
 	processComposeFlags []string
+	pcport              int
 }
 
 type serviceStopFlags struct {
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ func (flags *serviceUpFlags) register(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 		&flags.background, "background", "b", false, "run service in background")
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(
 		&flags.processComposeFlags, "pcflags", []string{}, "pass flags directly to process compose")
+	cmd.Flags().IntVarP(
+		&flags.pcport, "pcport", "p", 0, "specify the port for process-compose to use. You can also set the pcport by exporting DEVBOX_PC_PORT_NUM")
 }
 
 func (flags *serviceStopFlags) register(cmd *cobra.Command) {
@@ -245,6 +248,10 @@ func startProcessManager(
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if flags.pcport < 0 {
+		return errors.Errorf("invalid pcport %d: ports cannot be less than 0", flags.pcport)
+	}
+
 	box, err := devbox.Open(&devopt.Opts{
 		Dir:                      servicesFlags.config.path,
 		Env:                      env,
@@ -261,8 +268,9 @@ func startProcessManager(
 		servicesFlags.runInCurrentShell,
 		args,
 		devopt.ProcessComposeOpts{
-			Background: flags.background,
-			ExtraFlags: flags.processComposeFlags,
+			Background:         flags.background,
+			ExtraFlags:         flags.processComposeFlags,
+			ProcessComposePort: flags.pcport,
 		},
 	)
 }
diff --git a/internal/devbox/devopt/devboxopts.go b/internal/devbox/devopt/devboxopts.go
index 8e4ec45c5b4..df47b1c2174 100644
--- a/internal/devbox/devopt/devboxopts.go
+++ b/internal/devbox/devopt/devboxopts.go
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ type Opts struct {
 }
 
 type ProcessComposeOpts struct {
-	ExtraFlags []string
-	Background bool
+	ExtraFlags         []string
+	Background         bool
+	ProcessComposePort int
 }
 
 type GenerateOpts struct {
diff --git a/internal/devbox/services.go b/internal/devbox/services.go
index ead19ded6e9..ff3585fa591 100644
--- a/internal/devbox/services.go
+++ b/internal/devbox/services.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package devbox
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 
 	"go.jetpack.io/devbox/internal/boxcli/usererr"
@@ -217,6 +218,9 @@ func (d *Devbox) StartProcessManager(
 		for _, flag := range processComposeOpts.ExtraFlags {
 			args = append(args, "--pcflags", flag)
 		}
+		if processComposeOpts.ProcessComposePort != 0 {
+			args = append(args, "--pcport", strconv.Itoa(processComposeOpts.ProcessComposePort))
+		}
 
 		return d.runDevboxServicesScript(ctx, args)
 	}
@@ -254,9 +258,10 @@ func (d *Devbox) StartProcessManager(
 		svcs,
 		d.projectDir,
 		services.ProcessComposeOpts{
-			BinPath:    processComposeBinPath,
-			Background: processComposeOpts.Background,
-			ExtraFlags: processComposeOpts.ExtraFlags,
+			BinPath:            processComposeBinPath,
+			Background:         processComposeOpts.Background,
+			ExtraFlags:         processComposeOpts.ExtraFlags,
+			ProcessComposePort: processComposeOpts.ProcessComposePort,
 		},
 	)
 }
diff --git a/internal/services/manager.go b/internal/services/manager.go
index df38f4c4bf6..7a71d18ac5d 100644
--- a/internal/services/manager.go
+++ b/internal/services/manager.go
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ type globalProcessComposeConfig struct {
 }
 
 type ProcessComposeOpts struct {
-	BinPath    string
-	ExtraFlags []string
-	Background bool
+	BinPath            string
+	ExtraFlags         []string
+	Background         bool
+	ProcessComposePort int
 }
 
 func newGlobalProcessComposeConfig() *globalProcessComposeConfig {
@@ -128,10 +129,9 @@ func StartProcessManager(
 	config := readGlobalProcessComposeJSON(configFile)
 	config.File = configFile
 
-	// Get the port to use for this project
-	port, err := getAvailablePort()
+	port, err := selectPort(processComposeConfig.ProcessComposePort)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to select port: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	// Start building the process-compose command
diff --git a/internal/services/ports.go b/internal/services/ports.go
index 1593576ee49..b03f9792285 100644
--- a/internal/services/ports.go
+++ b/internal/services/ports.go
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package services
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"net"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
@@ -33,17 +36,11 @@ var disallowedPorts = map[int]string{
 
 func getAvailablePort() (int, error) {
 	get := func() (int, error) {
-		addr, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", "localhost:0")
+		port, err := isPortAvailable(0)
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, errors.WithStack(err)
 		}
-
-		l, err := net.ListenTCP("tcp", addr)
-		if err != nil {
-			return 0, errors.WithStack(err)
-		}
-		defer l.Close()
-		return l.Addr().(*net.TCPAddr).Port, nil
+		return port, nil
 	}
 
 	for range 1000 {
@@ -60,6 +57,34 @@ func getAvailablePort() (int, error) {
 	return 0, errors.New("no available port")
 }
 
+func selectPort(configPort int) (int, error) {
+	if configPort != 0 {
+		return isPortAvailable(configPort)
+	}
+
+	if portStr, exists := os.LookupEnv("DEVBOX_PC_PORT_NUM"); exists {
+		port, err := strconv.Atoi(portStr)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid DEVBOX_PC_PORT_NUM environment variable: %v", err)
+		}
+		if port <= 0 {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid DEVBOX_PC_PORT_NUM environment variable: ports cannot be less than 0")
+		}
+		return isPortAvailable(port)
+	}
+
+	return getAvailablePort()
+}
+
 func isAllowed(port int) bool {
 	return port > 1024 && disallowedPorts[port] == ""
 }
+
+func isPortAvailable(port int) (int, error) {
+	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%d", port))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("port %d is already in use", port)
+	}
+	defer ln.Close()
+	return ln.Addr().(*net.TCPAddr).Port, nil
+}