diff --git a/bin/cmds/app/run.js b/bin/cmds/app/run.js
index 9532870c..ab50862c 100644
--- a/bin/cmds/app/run.js
+++ b/bin/cmds/app/run.js
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ exports.builder = (yargs) => {
       default: undefined,
       type: 'string',
       description: 'Path to the Docker socket.',
+    })
+    .option('docker-exposed-ports', {
+      default: [],
+      type: 'array',
+      description: 'Docker exposed ports, i.e. `6113/tcp` or `5683/udp`. Only works when running the app inside docker.',
     });
 };
 exports.handler = async (yargs) => {
@@ -52,6 +57,7 @@ exports.handler = async (yargs) => {
       linkModules: yargs.linkModules,
       network: yargs.network,
       dockerSocketPath: yargs.dockerSocketPath,
+      dockerExposedPorts: yargs.dockerExposedPorts,
     });
   } catch (err) {
     if (err instanceof Error && err.stack) {
diff --git a/lib/App.js b/lib/App.js
index a8012d83..1202eae5 100644
--- a/lib/App.js
+++ b/lib/App.js
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ class App {
     linkModules = '',
     network,
     dockerSocketPath,
+    dockerExposedPorts = [],
   } = {}) {
     const homey = await AthomApi.getActiveHomey();
 
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ class App {
       linkModules,
       network,
       dockerSocketPath,
+      dockerExposedPorts,
     });
   }
 
@@ -238,6 +240,7 @@ class App {
     linkModules,
     network,
     dockerSocketPath,
+    dockerExposedPorts,
   }) {
     // Prepare Docker
     const dockerOptions = {};
@@ -770,9 +773,37 @@ class App {
       },
     };
 
+    const exposedPorts = [];
+    if (Array.isArray(dockerExposedPorts)) {
+      const portRegex = /^\d+$/;
+      const portWithProtocolRegex = /^(\d+)\/(udp|tcp)$/;
+      dockerExposedPorts.forEach((port) => {
+        let portNumber;
+        let portProtocol;
+        if (portRegex.test(port)) {
+          portNumber = port;
+          portProtocol = 'tcp';
+        } else if (portWithProtocolRegex.test(port)) {
+          const matches = portWithProtocolRegex.exec(port);
+          portNumber = matches[1];
+          portProtocol = matches[2];
+        } else {
+          throw new Error(`The requested port "${port}" is not valid`);
+        }
+
+        const dockerPort = `${portNumber}/${portProtocol}`;
+        createOpts.ExposedPorts[dockerPort] = {};
+        createOpts.HostConfig.PortBindings[dockerPort] = [{
+          HostPort: `${portNumber}`,
+        }];
+        exposedPorts.push(dockerPort);
+      });
+    }
+
     Log.success(`Starting debugger at 0.0.0.0:${inspectPort}...`);
     Log.info(' — Open `about://inspect` in Google Chrome and select the remote target.');
     Log.success(`Starting \`${manifest.id}@${manifest.version}\` in a Docker container...`);
+    exposedPorts.forEach((port) => Log.info(` — Exposing Docker port ${port} on local machine...`));
     Log.info(' — Press CTRL+C to quit.');
     Log('─────────────── Logging stdout & stderr ───────────────');