diff --git a/dev/php/Dockerfile b/dev/php/Dockerfile
index 9695a7c..b9e0071 100644
--- a/dev/php/Dockerfile
+++ b/dev/php/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo \
                            zip \
                            dom
 
+## Set up the Development Environment
+RUN pecl install xdebug \
+    && docker-php-ext-enable xdebug
+COPY ./dev/php/config/xdebug.ini /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/xdebug.ini
+
 RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | \
     php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
 
diff --git a/dev/php/config/xdebug.ini b/dev/php/config/xdebug.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db5db76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/php/config/xdebug.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[xdebug]
+zend_extension=xdebug
+xdebug.mode=develop,debug
+xdebug.client_host=host.docker.internal
+xdebug.start_with_request=yes
+