diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 528f29597f..0bbf03d13c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get -yq install libreadline-dev libseccomp-dev openssl
 
 COPY --from=build /zenith/target/release/pageserver /usr/local/bin
 COPY --from=build /zenith/target/release/safekeeper /usr/local/bin
+# TODO: temporary alias for compatibility, see https://github.com/zenithdb/zenith/pull/740
+RUN ln -s /usr/local/bin/safekeeper /usr/local/bin/wal_acceptor
 COPY --from=build /zenith/target/release/proxy /usr/local/bin
 COPY --from=pg-build /zenith/tmp_install postgres_install
 COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/Dockerfile.alpine b/Dockerfile.alpine
index dafb7eaf6b..e0b569de22 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ RUN apk add --update openssl build-base libseccomp-dev
 RUN apk --no-cache --update --repository https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing add rocksdb
 COPY --from=build /zenith/target/release/pageserver /usr/local/bin
 COPY --from=build /zenith/target/release/safekeeper /usr/local/bin
+# TODO: temporary alias for compatibility, see https://github.com/zenithdb/zenith/pull/740
+RUN ln -s /usr/local/bin/safekeeper /usr/local/bin/wal_acceptor
 COPY --from=build /zenith/target/release/proxy /usr/local/bin
 COPY --from=pg-build /zenith/tmp_install /usr/local
 COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.sh