diff --git a/core/testcontainers/compose/compose.py b/core/testcontainers/compose/compose.py
index e8ce37451..b2c525717 100644
--- a/core/testcontainers/compose/compose.py
+++ b/core/testcontainers/compose/compose.py
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ class DockerCompose:
             The list of services to use from this DockerCompose.
         client_args:
             arguments to pass to docker.from_env()
+        docker_command_path:
+            The docker compose command to run.
 
     Example:
 
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ def docker_compose_command(self) -> list[str]:
 
     @cached_property
     def compose_command_property(self) -> list[str]:
-        docker_compose_cmd = [self.docker_command_path or "docker", "compose"]
+        docker_compose_cmd = [self.docker_command_path] if self.docker_command_path else ["docker", "compose"]
         if self.compose_file_name:
             for file in self.compose_file_name:
                 docker_compose_cmd += ["-f", file]