diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/775-docker_compose-files.yml b/changelogs/fragments/775-docker_compose-files.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3be15a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/775-docker_compose-files.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - "docker_compose_v2, docker_compose_v2_pull - support ``files`` parameter to specify multiple Compose files (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/issues/772, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/775)."
diff --git a/plugins/doc_fragments/compose_v2.py b/plugins/doc_fragments/compose_v2.py
index 83a223cf..4e21f974 100644
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/compose_v2.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/compose_v2.py
@@ -15,13 +15,23 @@ class ModuleDocFragment(object):
 options:
     project_src:
         description:
-          - Path to a directory containing a C(docker-compose.yml) or C(docker-compose.yaml) file.
+          - Path to a directory containing a Compose file
+            (C(compose.yml), C(compose.yaml), C(docker-compose.yml), or C(docker-compose.yaml)).
+          - If O(files) is provided, will look for these files in this directory instead.
         type: path
         required: true
     project_name:
         description:
           - Provide a project name. If not provided, the project name is taken from the basename of O(project_src).
         type: str
+    files:
+        description:
+          - List of Compose file names relative to O(project_src) to be used instead of the main Compose file
+            (C(compose.yml), C(compose.yaml), C(docker-compose.yml), or C(docker-compose.yaml)).
+          - Files are loaded and merged in the order given.
+        type: list
+        elements: path
+        version_added: 3.7.0
     env_files:
         description:
           - By default environment files are loaded from a C(.env) file located directly under the O(project_src) directory.
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/compose_v2.py b/plugins/module_utils/compose_v2.py
index 8de33a65..da61b57b 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/compose_v2.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/compose_v2.py
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ def common_compose_argspec():
     return dict(
         project_src=dict(type='path', required=True),
         project_name=dict(type='str'),
+        files=dict(type='list', elements='path'),
         env_files=dict(type='list', elements='path'),
         profiles=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
     )
@@ -421,6 +422,7 @@ class BaseComposeManager(DockerBaseClass):
 
         self.project_src = parameters['project_src']
         self.project_name = parameters['project_name']
+        self.files = parameters['files']
         self.env_files = parameters['env_files']
         self.profiles = parameters['profiles']
 
@@ -439,7 +441,12 @@ class BaseComposeManager(DockerBaseClass):
         if not os.path.isdir(self.project_src):
             self.client.fail('"{0}" is not a directory'.format(self.project_src))
 
-        if all(not os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.project_src, f)) for f in DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILES):
+        if self.files:
+            for file in self.files:
+                path = os.path.join(self.project_src, file)
+                if not os.path.exists(path):
+                    self.client.fail('Cannot find Compose file "{0}" relative to project directory "{1}"'.format(file, self.project_src))
+        elif all(not os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.project_src, f)) for f in DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILES):
             filenames = ', '.join(DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILES[:-1])
             self.client.fail('"{0}" does not contain {1}, or {2}'.format(self.project_src, filenames, DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILES[-1]))
 
@@ -451,6 +458,8 @@ class BaseComposeManager(DockerBaseClass):
         args.extend(['--project-directory', self.project_src])
         if self.project_name:
             args.extend(['--project-name', self.project_name])
+        for file in self.files or []:
+            args.extend(['--file', file])
         for env_file in self.env_files or []:
             args.extend(['--env-file', env_file])
         for profile in self.profiles or []: