diff --git a/changelog.d/3778.misc b/changelog.d/3778.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b78a2c9f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/3778.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix build of Docker image with docker-compose
diff --git a/contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml b/contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml
index b1f6fcb7d..2c1f0671b 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ version: '3'
 services:
 
   synapse:
-    build: ../..
+    build:
+        context: ../..
+        dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
     image: docker.io/matrixdotorg/synapse:latest
-    # Since snyapse does not retry to connect to the database, restart upon
+    # Since synapse does not retry to connect to the database, restart upon
     # failure
     restart: unless-stopped
     # See the readme for a full documentation of the environment settings