diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index bbe46f4de..c2bcb12e9 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -288,6 +288,12 @@ this folder is no longer needed and can be removed manually.
 
 Defaults to `/usr/share/nltk_data`
 
+#### [`PAPERLESS_MODEL_FILE=<path>`](#PAPERLESS_MODEL_FILE) {#PAPERLESS_MODEL_FILE}
+
+: This is where paperless will store the classification model.
+
+    Defaults to `PAPERLESS_DATA_DIR/classification_model.pickle`.
+
 ## Logging
 
 #### [`PAPERLESS_LOGROTATE_MAX_SIZE=<num>`](#PAPERLESS_LOGROTATE_MAX_SIZE) {#PAPERLESS_LOGROTATE_MAX_SIZE}
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index 831e4e953..c4e70f68a 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -256,7 +256,10 @@ TRASH_DIR = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_TRASH_DIR")
 # threads.
 MEDIA_LOCK = MEDIA_ROOT / "media.lock"
 INDEX_DIR = DATA_DIR / "index"
-MODEL_FILE = DATA_DIR / "classification_model.pickle"
+MODEL_FILE = __get_path(
+    "PAPERLESS_MODEL_FILE",
+    DATA_DIR / "classification_model.pickle",
+)
 
 LOGGING_DIR = __get_path("PAPERLESS_LOGGING_DIR", DATA_DIR / "log")