diff --git a/compose/nova-compute-network.yml b/compose/nova-compute-network.yml
index 7d67ffee28..79aeffed35 100644
--- a/compose/nova-compute-network.yml
+++ b/compose/nova-compute-network.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ libvirt:
    image: kollaglue/centos-rdo-nova-libvirt
    name: libvirt
    net: host
+   pid: host
    privileged: true
    restart: always
    env_file:
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ novacompute:
    image: kollaglue/centos-rdo-nova-compute
    name: nova-compute
    net: host
-   pid: host
    privileged: true
    restart: always
    env_file:
diff --git a/docs/developer-env.md b/docs/developer-env.md
index 3d31aa5301..e85cb45ee1 100644
--- a/docs/developer-env.md
+++ b/docs/developer-env.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Developer env
 
+In order to run Kolla, it is mandatory to run a version of
+`docker-compose` that includes pid: host support.  One of the
+authors of kolla has a pull request outstanding that the
+docker-compose maintainers have said they would merge shortly.
+
+It must be retrieved via git and installed:
+
+    git pull http://github.com/sdake/fig
+    cd fig
+    sudo pip install .
+    sudo pip install -U docker-py
+
 The basic starting environment will be created using `docker-compose`.
 This environment will start up the openstack services listed in the
 compose directory.