diff --git a/docker/build.gradle b/docker/build.gradle
index 6d53d593186dd..25e3dc12036ef 100644
--- a/docker/build.gradle
+++ b/docker/build.gradle
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ apply from: "../gradle/versioning/versioning.gradle"
 
 ext {
     compose_base = "profiles/docker-compose.yml"
+    project_name = "datahub"
 
     backend_profile_modules = [
             ':docker:elasticsearch-setup',
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ dockerCompose {
         environment.put 'DATAHUB_TELEMETRY_ENABLED', 'false' // disabled when built locally
 
         useComposeFiles = [compose_base]
-        projectName = 'datahub'
+        projectName = project_name
         projectNamePrefix = ''
         buildBeforeUp = false
         buildBeforePull = false
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ dockerCompose {
         environment.put 'DATAHUB_TELEMETRY_ENABLED', 'false' // disabled when built locally
 
         useComposeFiles = [compose_base]
-        projectName = 'datahub'
+        projectName = project_name
         projectNamePrefix = ''
         buildBeforeUp = false
         buildBeforePull = false
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ dockerCompose {
         environment.put 'DATAHUB_LOCAL_COMMON_ENV', "${rootProject.project(':metadata-integration:java:spark-lineage-legacy').projectDir}/spark-smoke-test/smoke-gms.env"
 
         useComposeFiles = [compose_base]
-        projectName = 'datahub'
+        projectName = project_name
         projectNamePrefix = ''
         buildBeforeUp = false
         buildBeforePull = false
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ dockerCompose {
         environment.put 'DATAHUB_TELEMETRY_ENABLED', 'false' // disabled when built locally
 
         useComposeFiles = [compose_base]
-        projectName = 'datahub'
+        projectName = project_name
         projectNamePrefix = ''
         buildBeforeUp = false
         buildBeforePull = false
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ dockerCompose {
         composeAdditionalArgs = ['--profile', 'quickstart-storage']
 
         useComposeFiles = [compose_base]
-        projectName = 'datahub'
+        projectName = project_name
         projectNamePrefix = ''
         buildBeforeUp = false
         buildBeforePull = false