diff --git a/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml b/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml
index 5c5c0fe6..76bac756 100644
--- a/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml
+++ b/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml
@@ -1744,6 +1744,12 @@ let http_mode port =
   in
   load_dir lib_base;
   load_dir shared_sx;
+  (* sxc/ has core layout components like ~docs/page *)
+  let sx_sxc = try Sys.getenv "SX_SXC_DIR" with Not_found ->
+    let docker_path = project_dir ^ "/sxc" in
+    let dev_path = project_dir ^ "/sx/sxc" in
+    if Sys.file_exists docker_path then docker_path else dev_path in
+  load_dir sx_sxc;
   load_dir sx_sx;
   let t1 = Unix.gettimeofday () in
   Printf.eprintf "[sx-http] All files loaded in %.3fs\n%!" (t1 -. t0);