diff --git a/dev/BUCK b/dev/BUCK
index 6ba119e2f6b..d70e2b09e61 100644
--- a/dev/BUCK
+++ b/dev/BUCK
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ sh_binary(
   main = "bin/init-onchain.sh",
 )
 
+sh_binary(
+  name = "init-lightning",
+  main = "bin/init-lightning.sh",
+)
+
 sh_binary(
   name = "init-user",
   main = "bin/init-user.sh",
diff --git a/dev/Tiltfile b/dev/Tiltfile
index bd91da40e03..22baf4454a2 100644
--- a/dev/Tiltfile
+++ b/dev/Tiltfile
@@ -356,6 +356,19 @@ local_resource(
   ]
 )
 
+local_resource(
+  name='init-lightning',
+  labels = ['bitcoin'],
+  cmd='buck2 run //dev:init-lightning',
+  allow_parallel = True,
+  resource_deps = [
+    "init-onchain",
+    "lnd1",
+    "lnd-outside-1",
+    "lnd-outside-2",
+  ]
+)
+
 api_keys_target = "//core/api-keys:api-keys"
 local_resource(
     "api-keys",