diff --git a/build_eagle.sh b/build_eagle.sh
index 8c0ee4235..56b036cdd 100755
--- a/build_eagle.sh
+++ b/build_eagle.sh
@@ -1,23 +1,32 @@
+COMPOSE="docker-compose"
+
+# Check if the user has a different docker compose setup
+if ! command -v $COMPOSE
+then
+    COMPOSE="docker compose"
+fi
+
+
 case "$1" in
     "dep")
         export VCS_TAG=`git describe --tags --abbrev=0|sed s/v//`
         echo "Building EAGLE version ${VCS_TAG}"
         python updateVersion.py
-        docker-compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.dep.yml build
+        $COMPOSE -f ./docker/docker-compose.dep.yml build
         echo "Build finished!"
         exit 1 ;;
     "dev")
         export VCS_TAG=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
         echo "Building EAGLE development version"
         python updateVersion.py
-	docker-compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.dev.yml build
+	$COMPOSE -f ./docker/docker-compose.dev.yml build
         echo "Build finished!"
         exit 1;;
     "slim")
         export VCS_TAG=`git describe --tags --abbrev=0|sed s/v//`
         echo "Building EAGLE slim version ${VCS_TAG}"
         python updateVersion.py
-        docker-compose -f ./docker/docker-compose.dep.yml build
+        $COMPOSE -f ./docker/docker-compose.dep.yml build
         echo "Build finished! Slimming the image now"
         echo "This requires to interact with the intermediate server."
         echo "Please open the EAGLE settings and put the gitHub and gitLab API keys in"