diff --git a/projects/search-api-v2/Makefile b/projects/search-api-v2/Makefile
index eba488ee..d448bf33 100644
--- a/projects/search-api-v2/Makefile
+++ b/projects/search-api-v2/Makefile
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 search-api-v2: bundle-search-api-v2
+	$(GOVUK_DOCKER) run $@-lite bundle exec rake message_queue:create_queue
diff --git a/projects/search-api-v2/docker-compose.yml b/projects/search-api-v2/docker-compose.yml
index bfebe675..a12b99d1 100644
--- a/projects/search-api-v2/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/projects/search-api-v2/docker-compose.yml
@@ -17,12 +17,17 @@ volumes:
 services:
   search-api-v2-lite:
     <<: *search-api-v2
+    depends_on:
+      - rabbitmq
+    environment:
+      RABBITMQ_URL: amqp://guest:guest@rabbitmq
 
   search-api-v2-app:
     <<: *search-api-v2
     depends_on:
       - nginx-proxy
       - rabbitmq
+      - search-api-v2-worker-consume-published-documents
     environment:
       RABBITMQ_URL: amqp://guest:guest@rabbitmq
       RAILS_DEVELOPMENT_HOSTS: search-api-v2.dev.gov.uk
@@ -31,3 +36,11 @@ services:
     expose:
       - "3000"
     command: bin/rails server --restart
+
+  search-api-v2-worker-consume-published-documents:
+    <<: *search-api-v2
+    depends_on:
+      - rabbitmq
+    environment:
+      RABBITMQ_URL: amqp://guest:guest@rabbitmq
+    command: bin/rails message_queue:consume_published_documents