diff --git a/aztec-up/bin/aztec b/aztec-up/bin/aztec
index a66bbd3fe3c0..d6cf61bad57d 100755
--- a/aztec-up/bin/aztec
+++ b/aztec-up/bin/aztec
@@ -89,8 +89,9 @@ case ${1:-} in
       # Export p2p port forwarding only if set in env vars
       if [ -n "${P2P_PORT:-}" ]; then
         P2P_TCP_LISTEN_MAPPING="$P2P_PORT:$P2P_PORT"
+        P2P_UDP_LISTEN_MAPPING="${P2P_TCP_LISTEN_MAPPING}/udp"
 
-        PORTS_TO_EXPOSE="${PORTS_TO_EXPOSE:-} $P2P_TCP_LISTEN_MAPPING"
+        PORTS_TO_EXPOSE="${PORTS_TO_EXPOSE:-} $P2P_TCP_LISTEN_MAPPING $P2P_UDP_LISTEN_MAPPING"
       fi
 
       exec $(dirname $0)/.aztec-run aztec-start \