diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index e2ba734e..13650af8 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ export interface IDockerComposeOptions {
   env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv
 }
 
+export type DockerComposePortResult = {
+  address: string
+  port: number
+}
+
 export interface IDockerComposeLogOptions extends IDockerComposeOptions {
   follow?: boolean
 }
@@ -27,6 +32,13 @@ export interface IDockerComposeResult {
   err: string
 }
 
+export type TypedDockerComposeResult<T> = {
+  exitCode: number | null
+  out: string
+  err: string
+  result: T
+}
+
 /**
  * Converts supplied yml files to cli arguments
  * https://docs.docker.com/compose/reference/overview/#use--f-to-specify-name-and-path-of-one-or-more-compose-files
@@ -343,14 +355,28 @@ export const logs = function (
   return execCompose('logs', args, options)
 }
 
-export const port = function (
+export const port = async function (
   service: string,
   containerPort: string | number,
   options?: IDockerComposeOptions
-): Promise<IDockerComposeResult> {
+): Promise<TypedDockerComposeResult<DockerComposePortResult>> {
   const args = [service, containerPort]
 
-  return execCompose('port', args, options)
+  try {
+    const result = await execCompose('port', args, options)
+    const [address, port] = result.out.split(':')
+    return {
+      exitCode: result.exitCode,
+      out: result.out,
+      err: result.err,
+      result: {
+        address,
+        port: Number(port)
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    return Promise.reject(error)
+  }
 }
 
 export const version = function (
diff --git a/test/docker-compose-2.yml b/test/docker-compose-2.yml
index 4b2ebf66..9c4ba266 100644
--- a/test/docker-compose-2.yml
+++ b/test/docker-compose-2.yml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ services:
     environment:
       NGINX_PORT: 8888
     ports:
-      - "8888"
+      - 8888:8888
diff --git a/test/index.test.ts b/test/index.test.ts
index e54331f3..014f2cda 100644
--- a/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/index.test.ts
@@ -370,9 +370,10 @@ test('build accepts config as string', async (): Promise<void> => {
   }
 
   await compose.upAll(config)
-  const port = await compose.port('web', 8888, config)
+  const result = await compose.port('web', 8888, config)
 
-  expect(port.out).toMatch(/.*:[0-9]{1,5}/)
+  expect(result.result.address).toBe('0.0.0.0')
+  expect(result.result.port).toBe(8888)
   await compose.down(config)
 })