diff --git a/services/directory/azure-pipelines.api.yaml b/services/directory/azure-pipelines.api.yaml
index 4dfd04b97..58f992112 100644
--- a/services/directory/azure-pipelines.api.yaml
+++ b/services/directory/azure-pipelines.api.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ pool:
   vmImage: ubuntu-latest
 
 steps:
+  - task: CmdLine@2
+    displayName: enable docker BuildKit
+    inputs:
+      script: COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD=1
+
   - task: DockerCompose@0
     displayName: build
     inputs:
diff --git a/services/directory/azure-pipelines.migrate.yaml b/services/directory/azure-pipelines.migrate.yaml
index fb7b5eaf3..4cc034864 100644
--- a/services/directory/azure-pipelines.migrate.yaml
+++ b/services/directory/azure-pipelines.migrate.yaml
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ steps:
           echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=committed;isOutput=true]true"
         fi
 
+  - task: CmdLine@2
+    displayName: enable docker BuildKit
+    inputs:
+      script: COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD=1
+
   - task: DockerCompose@0
     displayName: build test-migrations
     condition: and(eq(variables['abortJustMigrated.aborted'], 'false'), eq(variables['commitOrAbandon.committed'], 'true'), succeeded())
diff --git a/web/azure-pipelines.yaml b/web/azure-pipelines.yaml
index 49df1758a..d6f12854d 100644
--- a/web/azure-pipelines.yaml
+++ b/web/azure-pipelines.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ pool:
   vmImage: ubuntu-latest
 
 steps:
+  - task: CmdLine@2
+    displayName: enable docker BuildKit
+    inputs:
+      script: COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD=1
+
   - task: Docker@2
     displayName: build
     inputs: