diff --git a/backend/bdd/configs/pebble.json b/backend/bdd/configs/pebble.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/backend/bdd/features/pki/acme/challenge.feature b/backend/bdd/features/pki/acme/challenge.feature
index fdd5c8379..67f73aab2 100644
--- a/backend/bdd/features/pki/acme/challenge.feature
+++ b/backend/bdd/features/pki/acme/challenge.feature
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ Feature: Challenge
       ]
       """
 
-
   Scenario: Did not finish all challenges
     Given I have an ACME cert profile as "acme_profile"
     When I have an ACME client connecting to "{BASE_URL}/api/v1/pki/acme/profiles/{acme_profile.id}/directory"
diff --git a/backend/bdd/features/pki/acme/external-ca.feature b/backend/bdd/features/pki/acme/external-ca.feature
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d9ae02db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/bdd/features/pki/acme/external-ca.feature
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Feature: External CA
+
+  Scenario: Issue a certificate from an external CA
+    Given I have an ACME cert profile as "acme_profile"
+    When I have an ACME client connecting to "{BASE_URL}/api/v1/pki/acme/profiles/{acme_profile.id}/directory"
+    Then I register a new ACME account with email fangpen@infisical.com and EAB key id "{acme_profile.eab_kid}" with secret "{acme_profile.eab_secret}" as acme_account
+    When I create certificate signing request as csr
+    Then I add names to certificate signing request csr
+      """
+      {
+        "COMMON_NAME": "localhost"
+      }
+      """
+    And I create a RSA private key pair as cert_key
+    And I sign the certificate signing request csr with private key cert_key and output it as csr_pem in PEM format
+    And I submit the certificate signing request PEM csr_pem certificate order to the ACME server as order
+    And I select challenge with type http-01 for domain localhost from order in order as challenge
+    And I serve challenge response for challenge at localhost
+    And I tell ACME server that challenge is ready to be verified
+    And I poll and finalize the ACME order order as finalized_order
+    And the value finalized_order.body with jq ".status" should be equal to "valid"
+    And I parse the full-chain certificate from order finalized_order as cert
+    And the value cert with jq ".subject.common_name" should be equal to "localhost"
diff --git a/backend/bdd/pebble/localhost/cert.pem b/backend/bdd/pebble/localhost/cert.pem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9117526df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/bdd/pebble/localhost/cert.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/backend/bdd/pebble/localhost/key.pem b/backend/bdd/pebble/localhost/key.pem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93b93eada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/bdd/pebble/localhost/key.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
+MIG2AgEAMBAGByqGSM49AgEGBSuBBAAiBIGeMIGbAgEBBDBx7d0VqxwTYcJajFgz
+ja0PExBmxdZjEQRfGCMQY8GfHa0WpBUEwVtBD6XOGE5xZB2hZANiAATZXmgzkmKa
+oOPMR8fXRwq7ovx5D2vHORQtsglEUW65e0pBDCRwBbwvhS4ySYaW7mEUIFHyxocO
+khK4DJgtiqx13HCd3GYZPfPLDqhT7yhdZfS1OEvQqBqOZlyQ59HKxik=
+-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/backend/bdd/pebble/pebble-config.json b/backend/bdd/pebble/pebble-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..013f6ff64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/bdd/pebble/pebble-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "pebble": {
+    "listenAddress": "0.0.0.0:14000",
+    "managementListenAddress": "0.0.0.0:15000",
+    "certificate": "/var/data/pebble/localhost/cert.pem",
+    "privateKey": "/var/data/pebble/localhost/key.pem",
+    "httpPort": 5002,
+    "tlsPort": 5001,
+    "ocspResponderURL": "",
+    "externalAccountBindingRequired": false,
+    "domainBlocklist": ["blocked-domain.example"],
+    "retryAfter": {
+        "authz": 3,
+        "order": 5
+    },
+    "keyAlgorithm": "ecdsa",
+    "profiles": {
+      "default": {
+        "description": "The profile you know and love",
+        "validityPeriod": 7776000
+      },
+      "shortlived": {
+        "description": "A short-lived cert profile, without actual enforcement",
+        "validityPeriod": 518400
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/bdd/pebble/pebble.minica.key.pem b/backend/bdd/pebble/pebble.minica.key.pem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..322b4e88e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/bdd/pebble/pebble.minica.key.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
+MIG2AgEAMBAGByqGSM49AgEGBSuBBAAiBIGeMIGbAgEBBDDnPx90G0J4ba0CMTrh
+AT0kJkRGyhv5ePWyobdT75za/I9MpU/VsC8BG5uJBraxiSOhZANiAAQWEiTINq0t
+j+6Qiyzin74FU4/zLNuEs1FnipFn+Vb1W8qhvbBwLOGsANpaHIg4dpR+CghfccRQ
+0kQm/AMgj08VXvta6vV7aQ8yk+/Cp6l4SVQ9GzizHiJ//Qb71vrXbco=
+-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
diff --git a/backend/bdd/pebble/pebble.minica.pem b/backend/bdd/pebble/pebble.minica.pem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..030ca32bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/bdd/pebble/pebble.minica.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/docker-compose.bdd.yml b/docker-compose.bdd.yml
index 2377b86d6..2984bf386 100644
--- a/docker-compose.bdd.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.bdd.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ services:
     build:
       context: ./backend
       dockerfile: Dockerfile.dev
+    command:
+    - "/bin/bash"
+    - "-c"
+    - |
+      update-ca-certificates && \
+      npm run dev:docker
     depends_on:
       db:
         condition: service_started
@@ -57,6 +63,7 @@ services:
       - TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false
     volumes:
       - ./backend/src:/app/src
+      - ./backend/bdd/pebble/pebble.minica.pem:/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/pebble.minica.crt:ro
       - softhsm_tokens:/etc/softhsm2/tokens # SoftHSM tokens are stored in a volume to persist across container restarts
     extra_hosts:
       - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
@@ -85,7 +92,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       - PEBBLE_VA_NOSLEEP=1
     volumes:
-      - ./bdd/config/pebble-config.json:/var/data/pebble/pebble-config.json
+      - ./backend/bdd/pebble/:/var/data/pebble:ro
 
 volumes:
   postgres-data: