diff --git a/src/documents/migrations/1023_document_original_filename.py b/src/documents/migrations/1023_document_original_filename.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53e451dba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/documents/migrations/1023_document_original_filename.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.0.6 on 2022-07-25 06:34
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('documents', '1022_paperlesstask'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='document',
+            name='original_filename',
+            field=models.CharField(default=None, editable=False, help_text='The original name of the file when it was uploaded', max_length=1024, null=True, verbose_name='original filename'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/documents/models.py b/src/documents/models.py
index af96104e0..c371bc99e 100644
--- a/src/documents/models.py
+++ b/src/documents/models.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class Document(models.Model):
         help_text=_("Current archive filename in storage"),
     )
 
-    original_filename = models.FilePathField(
+    original_filename = models.CharField(
         _("original filename"),
         max_length=1024,
         editable=False,