diff --git a/2.11/docker-compose.yml b/2.11/docker-compose.yml
index 445aaed..54dbcd9 100644
--- a/2.11/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/2.11/docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ services:
       - "ocsreportsdata:/usr/share/ocsinventory-reports/ocsreports/extensions"
       - "varlibdata:/var/lib/ocsinventory-reports"
       - "httpdconfdata:/etc/apache2/conf-available"
+      # make use of cron with crontab inside of container by mounting the specified file
+      # - "./crontab:/etc/cron/docker-crontab"
     environment:
       OCS_DB_SERVER: ocsinventory-db
       OCS_DB_USER: ocsuser
diff --git a/2.11/docker-entrypoint.d/40-crontab.sh b/2.11/docker-entrypoint.d/40-crontab.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ea0fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2.11/docker-entrypoint.d/40-crontab.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+CRONTAB_FILE="/etc/cron/docker-crontab"
+
+if [ -f $CRONTAB_FILE ]; then
+    crontab $CRONTAB_FILE
+    cron -n
+fi
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