diff --git a/.env.dev b/.env.dev
index 39f64d03fd5aa335668f7c58e936e3d7dfcc663d..40774610bb72e98787d8ee831551c4a64148fda6 100644
--- a/.env.dev
+++ b/.env.dev
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ MUSIC_DIRECTORY_PATH=/music
 BROWSABLE_API_ENABLED=True
 FORWARDED_PROTO=http
 LDAP_ENABLED=False
+FUNKWHALE_SPA_HTML_ROOT=http://nginx/front/
 
 # Uncomment this if you're using traefik/https
 # FORCE_HTTPS_URLS=True
diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/envvar-spa-root.bugfix b/changes/changelog.d/envvar-spa-root.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..42b66e817c436134cf5a69bc333a7f10e85d904c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/envvar-spa-root.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add required envvar for dev environment (!668)