diff --git a/src/documents/consumer.py b/src/documents/consumer.py
index bac93647e..df1a73cb3 100644
--- a/src/documents/consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/consumer.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class Consumer(object):
     UNPAPER = settings.UNPAPER_BINARY
     CONSUME = settings.CONSUMPTION_DIR
     THREADS = int(settings.OCR_THREADS) if settings.OCR_THREADS else None
+    DENSITY = int(settings.CONVERT_DENSITY) if settings.CONVERT_DENSITY else 300
 
     DEFAULT_OCR_LANGUAGE = settings.OCR_LANGUAGE
 
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ class Consumer(object):
         pnm = os.path.join(tempdir, "convert-%04d.pnm")
         run_convert(
             self.CONVERT,
-            "-density", "300",
+            "-density", self.DENSITY,
             "-depth", "8",
             "-type", "grayscale",
             doc, pnm,
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index db74d9cea..ad6084711 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ GNUPG_HOME = os.getenv("HOME", "/tmp")
 CONVERT_BINARY = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONVERT_BINARY")
 CONVERT_TMPDIR = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONVERT_TMPDIR")
 CONVERT_MEMORY_LIMIT = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONVERT_MEMORY_LIMIT")
+CONVERT_DENSITY = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONVERT_DENSITY")
 
 # Unpaper
 UNPAPER_BINARY = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_UNPAPER_BINARY", "unpaper")