diff --git a/cli/azd/pkg/apphost/aca_ingress.go b/cli/azd/pkg/apphost/aca_ingress.go
index d18d7b77f9e..66388dfe0c0 100644
--- a/cli/azd/pkg/apphost/aca_ingress.go
+++ b/cli/azd/pkg/apphost/aca_ingress.go
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ const (
 	acaIngressSchemaHttp     string = "http"
 	acaIngressSchemaHttps    string = "https"
 	acaIngressTransportHttp2 string = "http2"
-	acaIngressTransportHttp  string = "http"
 	acaDefaultHttpPort       string = "80"
 	acaDefaultHttpsPort      string = "443"
 	// a target port that is resolved at deployment time
@@ -70,15 +69,13 @@ func validateBindings(bindings custommaps.WithOrder[Binding]) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("binding %q is empty", name)
 		}
 
-		switch binding.Scheme {
-		case acaIngressSchemaTcp:
+		// TCP scheme requires a target port to be specified
+		// Note: We check for TCP specifically since other schemes (http, https, redis, postgres, etc.)
+		// can work without explicit target ports in some scenarios
+		if binding.Scheme == acaIngressSchemaTcp {
 			if binding.TargetPort == nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("binding %q has scheme %q but no container port", name, binding.Scheme)
 			}
-		case acaIngressSchemaHttp:
-		case acaIngressSchemaHttps:
-		default:
-			return fmt.Errorf("binding %q has invalid scheme %q", name, binding.Scheme)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/cli/azd/pkg/apphost/aca_ingress_test.go b/cli/azd/pkg/apphost/aca_ingress_test.go
index 8433e0282f0..198e302e2c9 100644
--- a/cli/azd/pkg/apphost/aca_ingress_test.go
+++ b/cli/azd/pkg/apphost/aca_ingress_test.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func TestBuildAcaIngress(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, []string{"http"}, ingressBinding)
 	})
 
-	t.Run("invalid schema", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("invalid_schema", func(t *testing.T) {
 		bindingsManifest := `{
 			"http": {
 				"scheme":    "invalid",
@@ -145,11 +145,14 @@ func TestBuildAcaIngress(t *testing.T) {
 		err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(bindingsManifest), &bindings)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
+		// Custom schemes are now allowed (e.g., redis, postgres, etc.)
+		// The scheme should be treated as non-HTTP and use TCP transport
 		ingress, ingressBinding, err := buildAcaIngress(bindings, 8080)
-		assert.Error(t, err)
-		assert.EqualError(t, err, `binding "http" has invalid scheme "invalid"`)
-		assert.Nil(t, ingress)
-		assert.Equal(t, []string(nil), ingressBinding)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.NotNil(t, ingress)
+		assert.Equal(t, "tcp", ingress.Transport)
+		assert.Equal(t, 33, ingress.TargetPort)
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{"http"}, ingressBinding)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("additional ports", func(t *testing.T) {