diff --git a/pkg/files/docker/spanner.Dockerfile b/pkg/files/docker/spanner.Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c820c76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/files/docker/spanner.Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+FROM img.dev.storj.io/storjup/base:20240509-1 AS binaries
+
+FROM google/cloud-sdk:492.0.0-slim AS final
+RUN apt-get install -y google-cloud-cli-spanner-emulator
+
+ADD pkg/recipe/startspanner.sh /var/lib/storj/startspanner.sh
+COPY --from=binaries /var/lib/storj/go/bin /var/lib/storj/go/bin
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/var/lib/storj/startspanner.sh"]
+ENV PATH=$PATH:/var/lib/storj/go/bin
diff --git a/pkg/recipe/default.go b/pkg/recipe/default.go
index dd560b0..d29d72d 100644
--- a/pkg/recipe/default.go
+++ b/pkg/recipe/default.go
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ var db []byte
 //go:embed postgres.yaml
 var postgres []byte
 
+//go:embed spanner.yaml
+var spanner []byte
+
 //go:embed edge.yaml
 var edge []byte
 
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ var Defaults = map[string][]byte{
 	"satellite-admin": satelliteAdmin,
 	"db":              db,
 	"postgres":        postgres,
+	"spanner":         spanner,
 	"edge":            edge,
 	"tracing":         tracing,
 	"billing":         billing,
diff --git a/pkg/recipe/spanner.yaml b/pkg/recipe/spanner.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e127ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/recipe/spanner.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: spanner
+description: spanner DB.
+add:
+  - name: spanner
+    image: img.dev.storj.io/storjup/spanner:492.0.0
+    port:
+      - name: gRPC
+        description: Spanner gRPC port
+        target: 9010
+      - name: REST
+        description: Spanner REST port
+        target: 9020
+    environment:
+      PROJECT_ID: test-project
+      INSTANCE_NAME: test-instance
+      SPANNER_EMULATOR_URL: http://localhost:9020/
+modify:
+  - match:
+      name: satellite-api,satellite-core,satellite-admin
+    config:
+      SPANNER_EMULATOR_HOST: 'spanner:9010'
+      STORJ_METAINFO_DATABASE_URL: "spanner://projects/test-project/instances/test-instance/databases/metainfo"
diff --git a/pkg/recipe/startspanner.sh b/pkg/recipe/startspanner.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f368b12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/recipe/startspanner.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -xem
+echo "Starting Spanner dev container"
+
+gcloud emulators spanner start --host-port=0.0.0.0:9010&
+gcloud config set disable_prompts true
+gcloud config configurations create emulator
+gcloud config set auth/disable_credentials true
+gcloud config set project "${PROJECT_ID}"
+gcloud config set api_endpoint_overrides/spanner "${SPANNER_EMULATOR_URL}"
+gcloud spanner instances create "${INSTANCE_NAME}" --config=emulator-config --description=Emulator --nodes=1
+
+#TODO: find a more flexible way to create the databases
+gcloud spanner databases create master --instance="${INSTANCE_NAME}"
+gcloud spanner databases create metainfo --instance="${INSTANCE_NAME}"
+
+fg %1