diff --git a/changelog.d/20250416_123930_nlevesq_docker_compose_prod_override.md b/changelog.d/20250416_123930_nlevesq_docker_compose_prod_override.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aac84176e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/20250416_123930_nlevesq_docker_compose_prod_override.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
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+
+- [Improvement] Add support for `docker-compose.prod.override.yml` when using
+  `tutor local` commands
+
diff --git a/docs/local.rst b/docs/local.rst
index 06d98216db..9a78d566d3 100644
--- a/docs/local.rst
+++ b/docs/local.rst
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ You might want to customise the docker-compose services listed in ``$(tutor conf
 
     vim $(tutor config printroot)/env/local/docker-compose.override.yml
 
-The values in this file will override the values from ``docker-compose.yml`` and ``docker-compose.prod.yml``, as explained in the `docker-compose documentation <https://docs.docker.com/compose/extends/#adding-and-overriding-configuration>`__.
+The values in this file will override the values from ``docker-compose.yml`` as explained in the `docker-compose documentation <https://docs.docker.com/compose/extends/#adding-and-overriding-configuration>`__.
+
+Services defined in ``docker-compose.prod.yml`` can be overriden in a ``docker-compose.prod.override.yml`` file in that same folder.
 
 Similarly, the job service configuration can be overridden by creating a ``docker-compose.jobs.override.yml`` file in that same folder.
diff --git a/tutor/commands/local.py b/tutor/commands/local.py
index a9a6141524..df4f9b39de 100644
--- a/tutor/commands/local.py
+++ b/tutor/commands/local.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ def __init__(self, root: str, config: Config):
             tutor_env.pathjoin(self.root, "local", "docker-compose.yml"),
             tutor_env.pathjoin(self.root, "local", "docker-compose.prod.yml"),
             tutor_env.pathjoin(self.root, "local", "docker-compose.override.yml"),
+            tutor_env.pathjoin(self.root, "local", "docker-compose.prod.override.yml"),
         ]
         self.docker_compose_job_files += [
             tutor_env.pathjoin(self.root, "local", "docker-compose.jobs.yml"),