diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b5f606694d..9db4572af3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ jobs:
 
     env:
       MIX_ENV: test
+      PHX_CI: true
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
diff --git a/installer/lib/mix/tasks/phx.new.ex b/installer/lib/mix/tasks/phx.new.ex
index 24773ce64d..a1839f07af 100644
--- a/installer/lib/mix/tasks/phx.new.ex
+++ b/installer/lib/mix/tasks/phx.new.ex
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Phx.New do
     install: :boolean,
     prefix: :string,
     mailer: :boolean,
-    adapter: :string
+    adapter: :string,
+    inside_docker_env: :boolean
   ]
 
   @reserved_app_names ~w(server table)
diff --git a/installer/lib/phx_new/generator.ex b/installer/lib/phx_new/generator.ex
index 72fa54d65c..eb118749e4 100644
--- a/installer/lib/phx_new/generator.ex
+++ b/installer/lib/phx_new/generator.ex
@@ -181,6 +181,17 @@ defmodule Phx.New.Generator do
     phoenix_path = phoenix_path(project, dev, false)
     phoenix_path_umbrella_root = phoenix_path(project, dev, true)
 
+    # detect if we're inside a docker env, but if we're in github actions,
+    # we want to treat it like regular env for end-user testing purposes
+    inside_docker_env? =
+      Keyword.get_lazy(opts, :inside_docker_env, fn ->
+        if System.get_env("PHX_CI") do
+          false
+        else
+          File.exists?("/.dockerenv")
+        end
+      end)
+
     # We lowercase the database name because according to the
     # SQL spec, they are case insensitive unless quoted, which
     # means creating a database like FoO is the same as foo in
@@ -239,7 +250,8 @@ defmodule Phx.New.Generator do
       web_adapter_docs: web_adapter_docs,
       generators: nil_if_empty(project.generators ++ adapter_generators(adapter_config)),
       namespaced?: namespaced?(project),
-      dev: dev
+      dev: dev,
+      inside_docker_env?: inside_docker_env?
     ]
 
     %{project | binding: binding}
diff --git a/installer/templates/phx_single/config/dev.exs b/installer/templates/phx_single/config/dev.exs
index 3df396383e..09c07a396e 100644
--- a/installer/templates/phx_single/config/dev.exs
+++ b/installer/templates/phx_single/config/dev.exs
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ import Config
 # The watchers configuration can be used to run external
 # watchers to your application. For example, we can use it
 # to bundle .js and .css sources.
-config :<%= @app_name %>, <%= @endpoint_module %>,
-  # Binding to loopback ipv4 address prevents access from other machines.
+config :<%= @app_name %>, <%= @endpoint_module %>,<%= if @inside_docker_env? do %>
+  # Bind to 0.0.0.0 to expose the server to the docker host machine.
+  # This makes make the service accessible from any network interface.
+  # Change to `ip: {127, 0, 0, 1}` to allow access only from the server machine.
+  http: [ip: {0, 0, 0, 0}, port: 4000],<% else %># Binding to loopback ipv4 address prevents access from other machines.
   # Change to `ip: {0, 0, 0, 0}` to allow access from other machines.
-  http: [ip: {127, 0, 0, 1}, port: 4000],
+  http: [ip: {127, 0, 0, 1}, port: 4000],<% end %>
   check_origin: false,
   code_reloader: true,
   debug_errors: true,
diff --git a/installer/templates/phx_umbrella/apps/app_name_web/config/dev.exs b/installer/templates/phx_umbrella/apps/app_name_web/config/dev.exs
index d73204be7e..d54beabbaa 100644
--- a/installer/templates/phx_umbrella/apps/app_name_web/config/dev.exs
+++ b/installer/templates/phx_umbrella/apps/app_name_web/config/dev.exs
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ import Config
 # The watchers configuration can be used to run external
 # watchers to your application. For example, we can use it
 # to bundle .js and .css sources.
-config :<%= @web_app_name %>, <%= @endpoint_module %>,
-  # Binding to loopback ipv4 address prevents access from other machines.
+config :<%= @web_app_name %>, <%= @endpoint_module %>,<%= if @inside_docker_env? do %>
+  # Bind to 0.0.0.0 to expose the server to the docker host machine.
+  # This makes make the service accessible from any network interface.
+  # Change to `ip: {127, 0, 0, 1}` to allow access only from the server machine.
+  http: [ip: {0, 0, 0, 0}, port: 4000],<% else %># Binding to loopback ipv4 address prevents access from other machines.
   # Change to `ip: {0, 0, 0, 0}` to allow access from other machines.
-  http: [ip: {127, 0, 0, 1}, port: 4000],
+  http: [ip: {127, 0, 0, 1}, port: 4000],<% end %>
   check_origin: false,
   code_reloader: true,
   debug_errors: true,
diff --git a/installer/test/phx_new_test.exs b/installer/test/phx_new_test.exs
index 9690c7b66b..baaeeb328b 100644
--- a/installer/test/phx_new_test.exs
+++ b/installer/test/phx_new_test.exs
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Phx.NewTest do
       assert_file("phx_blog/config/dev.exs", fn file ->
         assert file =~ "esbuild: {Esbuild,"
         assert file =~ "lib/phx_blog_web/(controllers|live|components)/.*(ex|heex)"
+        assert file =~ "http: [ip: {127, 0, 0, 1}, port: 4000]"
       end)
 
       # tailwind
@@ -819,4 +820,13 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Phx.NewTest do
       Mix.Tasks.Phx.New.run(["table"])
     end
   end
+
+  test "new from inside docker machine (simulated)" do
+    in_tmp("new without defaults", fn ->
+      Mix.Tasks.Phx.New.run([@app_name, "--inside-docker-env"])
+      assert_file("phx_blog/config/dev.exs", fn file ->
+        assert file =~ "http: [ip: {0, 0, 0, 0}, port: 4000]"
+      end)
+    end)
+  end
 end