diff --git a/Dockerfile.nginx b/Dockerfile.nginx
index 14e808755900d92a45f3390b09eb0923242183c5..bffea40e22b258ea88b3229d3c1486b540881531 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.nginx
+++ b/Dockerfile.nginx
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 FROM nginx:stable-alpine
 
 COPY etc/nginx/villas.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+
+EXPOSE 8080
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 46a4cf3226e116b6f40cd319f480eb319e8c80cd..33aeca8f6d9e31b39bf0b05dc4fda3e3073b4d1d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "80:80"
       - "443:443"
+      - "8080:8080"
 
   # The MongoDB database for the VILLASweb backend
   database:
diff --git a/etc/nginx/villas.conf b/etc/nginx/villas.conf
index a6978806c4a4b71db101ccc53033083040de5977..54daadfb79cf5dd81ff2b7f5d0cfe605d69822eb 100644
--- a/etc/nginx/villas.conf
+++ b/etc/nginx/villas.conf
@@ -34,3 +34,15 @@ server {
     proxy_pass http://frontend:5000/;
   }
 }
+
+server {
+  listen      8080;
+  server_name Mockup;
+
+  location / {
+    proxy_pass http://node/;
+    proxy_http_version 1.1;
+    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+  }
+}