diff --git a/templates/compose/ente-photos-with-s3.yaml b/templates/compose/ente-photos-with-s3.yaml
index 844bc673b..932745f82 100644
--- a/templates/compose/ente-photos-with-s3.yaml
+++ b/templates/compose/ente-photos-with-s3.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ services:
       - 'ENTE_JWT_SECRET=${SERVICE_REALBASE64_JWT}'
       - 'ENTE_INTERNAL_ADMIN=${ENTE_INTERNAL_ADMIN:-1580559962386438}'
       - 'ENTE_INTERNAL_DISABLE_REGISTRATION=${ENTE_INTERNAL_DISABLE_REGISTRATION:-false}'
+      - 'ENTE_SMTP_HOST=${ENTE_SMTP_HOST:-smtp.gmail.com}'
+      - 'ENTE_SMTP_PORT=${ENTE_SMTP_PORT:-587}'
+      - 'ENTE_SMTP_USERNAME=${ENTE_SMTP_USERNAME}'
+      - 'ENTE_SMTP_PASSWORD=${ENTE_SMTP_PASSWORD}'
+      - 'ENTE_SMTP_EMAIL=${ENTE_SMTP_EMAIL}'
+      - 'ENTE_SMTP_SENDER_NAME=${ENTE_SMTP_SENDER_NAME}'
+      - 'ENTE_SMTP_ENCRYPTION=${ENTE_SMTP_ENCRYPTION:-tls}'
     volumes:
       - 'museum-data:/data'
       - 'museum-config:/config'
@@ -46,7 +53,6 @@ services:
       timeout: 10s
       retries: 3
 
-      
   web:
     image: 'ghcr.io/ente-io/web:ca03165f5e7f2a50105e6e40019c17ae6cdd934f' # Released at 2025-10-08T00:57:05-07:00
     environment:
@@ -63,7 +69,6 @@ services:
       retries: 3
       start_period: 10s
 
-      
   postgres:
     image: 'postgres:15-alpine'
     environment:
@@ -80,7 +85,6 @@ services:
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
 
-      
   minio:
     image: 'quay.io/minio/minio:RELEASE.2025-09-07T16-13-09Z' # Released at 2025-09-07T16-13-09Z
     command: 'server /data --console-address ":9001"'
@@ -100,7 +104,6 @@ services:
       interval: 5s
       timeout: 20s
       retries: 10
-
       
   minio-init:
     image: 'minio/mc:RELEASE.2025-08-13T08-35-41Z' # Released at 2025-08-13T08-35-41Z
@@ -126,4 +129,4 @@ services:
         mc mb minio/wasabi-eu-central-2-v3 --ignore-existing;
         mc mb minio/scw-eu-fr-v3 --ignore-existing;
         echo 'MinIO buckets and CORS configured';
-      "
+      "
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/compose/ente-photos.yaml b/templates/compose/ente-photos.yaml
index 851e13563..a765e4a7e 100644
--- a/templates/compose/ente-photos.yaml
+++ b/templates/compose/ente-photos.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ services:
       - ENTE_S3_B2_EU_CEN_REGION=${S3_STORAGE_REGION:-us-east-1}
       - ENTE_S3_B2_EU_CEN_BUCKET=${S3_STORAGE_BUCKET:?}
 
+      - ENTE_SMTP_HOST=${ENTE_SMTP_HOST:-smtp.gmail.com}
+      - ENTE_SMTP_PORT=${ENTE_SMTP_PORT:-587}
+      - ENTE_SMTP_USERNAME=${ENTE_SMTP_USERNAME}
+      - ENTE_SMTP_PASSWORD=${ENTE_SMTP_PASSWORD}
+      - ENTE_SMTP_EMAIL=${ENTE_SMTP_EMAIL}
+      - ENTE_SMTP_SENDER_NAME=${ENTE_SMTP_SENDER_NAME}
+      - ENTE_SMTP_ENCRYPTION=${ENTE_SMTP_ENCRYPTION:-tls}
+
     depends_on:
       postgres:
         condition: service_healthy
@@ -77,4 +85,3 @@ services:
       interval: 5s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 10
-