diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index c0e8022ac..87d992443 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -1345,6 +1345,10 @@ password. All of these options come from their similarly-named [Django settings]
 
 : Defaults to ''.
 
+#### [`PAPERLESS_EMAIL_FROM=<str>`](#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_FROM) {#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_FROM}
+
+: Defaults to PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST_USER if not set.
+
 #### [`PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=<str>`](#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD) {#PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD}
 
 : Defaults to ''.
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index 9daeb8a47..30986aaa0 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -1036,6 +1036,7 @@ EMAIL_HOST: Final[str] = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST", "localhost")
 EMAIL_PORT: Final[int] = int(os.getenv("PAPERLESS_EMAIL_PORT", 25))
 EMAIL_HOST_USER: Final[str] = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST_USER", "")
 EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD: Final[str] = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD", "")
+DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL: Final[str] = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_EMAIL_FROM", EMAIL_HOST_USER)
 EMAIL_USE_TLS: Final[bool] = __get_boolean("PAPERLESS_EMAIL_USE_TLS")
 EMAIL_USE_SSL: Final[bool] = __get_boolean("PAPERLESS_EMAIL_USE_SSL")
 EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX: Final[str] = "[Paperless-ngx] "