diff --git a/paperless.conf.example b/paperless.conf.example
index b1b63879d..a62d92e05 100644
--- a/paperless.conf.example
+++ b/paperless.conf.example
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_POLLING=10
 #PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_DELETE_DUPLICATES=false
 #PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_RECURSIVE=false
+#PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_IGNORE_PATTERNS=[".DS_STORE/*", "._*", ".stfolder/*"]
 #PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_SUBDIRS_AS_TAGS=false
 #PAPERLESS_OPTIMIZE_THUMBNAILS=true
 #PAPERLESS_POST_CONSUME_SCRIPT=/path/to/an/arbitrary/script.sh
diff --git a/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py b/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
index 9f0ce79c3..eb8c57c84 100644
--- a/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 import os
-from pathlib import Path
+from pathlib import Path, PurePath
 from threading import Thread
 from time import sleep
 
@@ -36,15 +36,11 @@ def _tags_from_path(filepath):
     return tag_ids
 
 
-def _is_ignored(filepath):
-    # https://github.com/jonaswinkler/paperless-ng/discussions/1037
-    basename = os.path.basename(filepath)
-    if basename == ".DS_STORE":
-        return True
-    if basename.startswith("._"):
-        return True
-
-    return False
+def _is_ignored(filepath: str) -> bool:
+    filepath_relative = PurePath(filepath).relative_to(
+        settings.CONSUMPTION_DIR)
+    return any(
+        filepath_relative.match(p) for p in settings.CONSUMER_IGNORE_PATTERNS)
 
 
 def _consume(filepath):
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_management_consumer.py b/src/documents/tests/test_management_consumer.py
index ec5a8dc0b..377e8fc54 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_management_consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_management_consumer.py
@@ -222,6 +222,22 @@ class TestConsumer(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumerMixin, TransactionTestCase):
         fnames = [os.path.basename(args[1]) for args, _ in self.task_mock.call_args_list]
         self.assertCountEqual(fnames, ["my_file.pdf", "my_second_file.pdf"])
 
+    def test_is_ignored(self):
+        test_paths = [
+            (os.path.join(self.dirs.consumption_dir, "foo.pdf"), False),
+            (os.path.join(self.dirs.consumption_dir, "foo","bar.pdf"), False),
+            (os.path.join(self.dirs.consumption_dir, ".DS_STORE", "foo.pdf"), True),
+            (os.path.join(self.dirs.consumption_dir, "foo", ".DS_STORE", "bar.pdf"), True),
+            (os.path.join(self.dirs.consumption_dir, ".stfolder", "foo.pdf"), True),
+            (os.path.join(self.dirs.consumption_dir, "._foo.pdf"), True),
+            (os.path.join(self.dirs.consumption_dir, "._foo", "bar.pdf"), False),
+        ]
+        for file_path, expected_ignored in test_paths:
+            self.assertEqual(
+                expected_ignored,
+                document_consumer._is_ignored(file_path),
+                f'_is_ignored("{file_path}") != {expected_ignored}')
+
 
 @override_settings(CONSUMER_POLLING=1, CONSUMER_POLLING_DELAY=1, CONSUMER_POLLING_RETRY_COUNT=20)
 class TestConsumerPolling(TestConsumer):
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index 254c7a6ce..5f03a406e 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -458,6 +458,12 @@ CONSUMER_DELETE_DUPLICATES = __get_boolean("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_DELETE_DUPLICATES
 
 CONSUMER_RECURSIVE = __get_boolean("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_RECURSIVE")
 
+# Ignore glob patterns, relative to PAPERLESS_CONSUMPTION_DIR
+CONSUMER_IGNORE_PATTERNS = list(
+    json.loads(
+        os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_IGNORE_PATTERNS",
+                  '[".DS_STORE/*", "._*", ".stfolder/*"]')))
+
 CONSUMER_SUBDIRS_AS_TAGS = __get_boolean("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_SUBDIRS_AS_TAGS")
 
 OPTIMIZE_THUMBNAILS = __get_boolean("PAPERLESS_OPTIMIZE_THUMBNAILS", "true")