diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-system-test-encrypted.yml b/compose/docker-compose-system-test-encrypted.yml
index d6c4c25..55063da 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose-system-test-encrypted.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-system-test-encrypted.yml
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@
   #
   vcli:
     image: cord/vcli
+    command: [
+      "/cli/cli/setup.sh",
+      "-L"
+    ]
     environment:
       DOCKER_HOST_IP: "${DOCKER_HOST_IP}"
     ports:
diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-system-test.yml b/compose/docker-compose-system-test.yml
index 7d15c16..2e2185c 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose-system-test.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-system-test.yml
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@
   #
   vcli:
     image: cord/vcli
+    command: [
+      "/cli/cli/setup.sh",
+      "-L"
+    ]
     environment:
       DOCKER_HOST_IP: "${DOCKER_HOST_IP}"
     ports:
diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-vcli.yml b/compose/docker-compose-vcli.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3aafa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-vcli.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#
+# This Docker stackfile deploys a Voltha CLI container along with one backup.
+#
+# The stackfile assumes that overlay network 'voltha_net' has already been
+# created. To deploy the stack, issue the command:
+#
+#     docker stack deploy -c docker-compose-vcli.yml cli
+#
+
+version: "3"
+services:
+  cli:
+    image: cord/vcli:latest
+    deploy:
+      replicas: 2
+    environment:
+      DOCKER_HOST_IP: "${DOCKER_HOST_IP}"
+    entrypoint:
+      - /cli/cli/setup.sh
+      - -C consul:8500
+      - -g voltha:50555
+      - -s voltha:18880
+    networks:
+      - voltha-net
+    ports:
+      - "5022:22"
+      
+networks:
+  voltha-net:
+    external:
+      name: voltha_net
+