diff --git a/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/files/jitsi-meet-docker/jvb-docker-compose.yaml b/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/files/jitsi-meet-docker/jvb-docker-compose.yaml
index 94bc0b4075..1c45e25372 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/files/jitsi-meet-docker/jvb-docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/files/jitsi-meet-docker/jvb-docker-compose.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ services:
             - ${CONFIG}/jvb:/config
         environment:
             - DOCKER_HOST_ADDRESS
+            - PUBLIC_URL
             - XMPP_AUTH_DOMAIN
             - XMPP_INTERNAL_MUC_DOMAIN
             - XMPP_SERVER
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/files/jitsi-meet-docker/meet-docker-compose.yaml b/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/files/jitsi-meet-docker/meet-docker-compose.yaml
index ad2f4e2088..b11bfe45ed 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/files/jitsi-meet-docker/meet-docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/files/jitsi-meet-docker/meet-docker-compose.yaml
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ services:
             - ${CONFIG}/jvb:/config
         environment:
             - DOCKER_HOST_ADDRESS
+            - PUBLIC_URL
             - XMPP_AUTH_DOMAIN
             - XMPP_INTERNAL_MUC_DOMAIN
             - XMPP_SERVER
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/templates/jvb-env.j2 b/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/templates/jvb-env.j2
index 94b30a7f7d..2011c6bde2 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/templates/jvb-env.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/jitsi-meet/templates/jvb-env.j2
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # Customized for OpenDev, all overrides go here (and remember to comment out
 # any defaults from the example):
 CONFIG=/var/jitsi-meet
+PUBLIC_URL=https://meetpad.opendev.org
 XMPP_SERVER={{ meetpad_jvb_xmpp_server }}
 XMPP_AUTH_DOMAIN=auth.localhost
 XMPP_INTERNAL_MUC_DOMAIN=internal-muc.localhost