diff --git a/templates/compose/bluesky-pds.yaml b/templates/compose/bluesky-pds.yaml
index bff450334..57d515f41 100644
--- a/templates/compose/bluesky-pds.yaml
+++ b/templates/compose/bluesky-pds.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ services:
       - 'PDS_BLOBSTORE_DISK_LOCATION=${PDS_DATA_DIRECTORY:-/pds}/blocks'
       - 'PDS_BLOB_UPLOAD_LIMIT=${PDS_BLOB_UPLOAD_LIMIT:-104857600}'
       - 'PDS_DID_PLC_URL=${PDS_DID_PLC_URL:-https://plc.directory}'
+      - 'PDS_EMAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=${SERVICE_EMAIL_ADMIN}'
+      - 'PDS_EMAIL_SMTP_URL=${PDS_EMAIL_SMTP_URL}'
       - 'PDS_BSKY_APP_VIEW_URL=${PDS_BSKY_APP_VIEW_URL:-https://api.bsky.app}'
       - 'PDS_BSKY_APP_VIEW_DID=${PDS_BSKY_APP_VIEW_DID:-did:web:api.bsky.app}'
       - 'PDS_REPORT_SERVICE_URL=${PDS_REPORT_SERVICE_URL:-https://mod.bsky.app/xrpc/com.atproto.moderation.createReport}'
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ services:
     command: |
       sh -c '
         set -euo pipefail; echo "Installing required packages and pdsadmin..."
-        apk add --no-cache openssl curl bash jq coreutils >/dev/null && \
+        apk add --no-cache openssl curl bash jq coreutils gnupg util-linux-misc >/dev/null && \
         curl -o /usr/local/bin/pdsadmin.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bluesky-social/pds/main/pdsadmin.sh && \
         chmod +x /usr/local/bin/pdsadmin.sh && \
         ln -sf /usr/local/bin/pdsadmin.sh /usr/local/bin/pdsadmin
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ services:
         "PDS_BLOBSTORE_DISK_LOCATION=$${PDS_DATA_DIRECTORY}/blocks" \
         "PDS_BLOB_UPLOAD_LIMIT=$${PDS_BLOB_UPLOAD_LIMIT}" \
         "PDS_DID_PLC_URL=$${PDS_DID_PLC_URL}" \
+        "PDS_EMAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=$${PDS_EMAIL_FROM_ADDRESS}"\
+        "PDS_EMAIL_SMTP_URL=$${PDS_EMAIL_SMTP_URL"}\
         "PDS_BSKY_APP_VIEW_URL=$${PDS_BSKY_APP_VIEW_URL}" \
         "PDS_BSKY_APP_VIEW_DID=$${PDS_BSKY_APP_VIEW_DID}" \
         "PDS_REPORT_SERVICE_URL=$${PDS_REPORT_SERVICE_URL}" \