diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7a5c8ff..02b187b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ services:
       PROXY_CSP_CONFIG_FILE_LOCATION: /etc/opencloud/csp.yaml
       # enable to allow using the banned passwords list
       OC_PASSWORD_POLICY_BANNED_PASSWORDS_LIST: banned-password-list.txt
+      # control the password enforcement and policy for public shares
+      OC_SHARING_PUBLIC_SHARE_MUST_HAVE_PASSWORD: "${OC_SHARING_PUBLIC_SHARE_MUST_HAVE_PASSWORD:-true}"
+      OC_SHARING_PUBLIC_WRITEABLE_SHARE_MUST_HAVE_PASSWORD: "${OC_SHARING_PUBLIC_WRITEABLE_SHARE_MUST_HAVE_PASSWORD:-true}"
+      OC_PASSWORD_POLICY_DISABLED: "${OC_PASSWORD_POLICY_DISABLED:-false}"
+      OC_PASSWORD_POLICY_MIN_CHARACTERS: "${OC_PASSWORD_POLICY_MIN_CHARACTERS:-8}"
+      OC_PASSWORD_POLICY_MIN_LOWERCASE_CHARACTERS: "${OC_PASSWORD_POLICY_MIN_LOWERCASE_CHARACTERS:-1}"
+      OC_PASSWORD_POLICY_MIN_UPPERCASE_CHARACTERS: "${OC_PASSWORD_POLICY_MIN_UPPERCASE_CHARACTERS:-1}"
+      OC_PASSWORD_POLICY_MIN_DIGITS: "${OC_PASSWORD_POLICY_MIN_DIGITS:-1}"
+      OC_PASSWORD_POLICY_MIN_SPECIAL_CHARACTERS: "${OC_PASSWORD_POLICY_MIN_SPECIAL_CHARACTERS:-1}"
     volumes:
       - ./config/opencloud/csp.yaml:/etc/opencloud/csp.yaml
       - ./config/opencloud/banned-password-list.txt:/etc/opencloud/banned-password-list.txt