diff --git a/.env b/.env
index e89eeec0aa..75c614e5d6 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ PHRASEANET_ELASTICSEARCH_DIR=./volumes/elasticsearch
 PHRASEANET_THUMBNAILS_DIR=./www/thumbnails
 PHRASEANET_TMP_DIR=./tmp
 
+# For dev who don't have SSH_AUTH_SOCK (avoid an empty volume name)
+SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/dev/null
+
 # Plugin support
 PHRASEANET_PLUGINS=
 PHRASEANET_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY=