diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 31e414657..f661012b5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -35,12 +35,16 @@ RUN groupadd -g 1000 paperless \
     && useradd -u 1000 -g 1000 -d /usr/src/paperless paperless \
     && chown -Rh paperless:paperless /usr/src/paperless
 
+# Set export directory
+ENV PAPERLESS_EXPORT_DIR /export
+RUN mkdir -p $PAPERLESS_EXPORT_DIR
+
 # Setup entrypoint
 COPY scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh /sbin/docker-entrypoint.sh
 RUN chmod 755 /sbin/docker-entrypoint.sh
 
 # Mount volumes
-VOLUME ["/usr/src/paperless/data", "/usr/src/paperless/media", "/consume"]
+VOLUME ["/usr/src/paperless/data", "/usr/src/paperless/media", "/consume", "/export"]
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/sbin/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
 CMD ["--help"]
diff --git a/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh b/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 7a5e26897..09c4168f8 100644
--- a/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -15,26 +15,29 @@ map_uidgid() {
 }
 
 set_permissions() {
-    # Set permissions for consumption directory
-    chgrp paperless "$PAPERLESS_CONSUMPTION_DIR" || {
-        echo "Changing group of consumption directory:"
-        echo "  $PAPERLESS_CONSUMPTION_DIR"
-        echo "failed."
-        echo ""
-        echo "Either try to set it on your host-mounted directory"
-        echo "directly, or make sure that the directory has \`o+x\`"
-        echo "permissions and the files in it at least \`o+r\`."
-    } >&2
-    chmod g+x "$PAPERLESS_CONSUMPTION_DIR" || {
-        echo "Changing group permissions of consumption directory:"
-        echo "  $PAPERLESS_CONSUMPTION_DIR"
-        echo "failed."
-        echo ""
-        echo "Either try to set it on your host-mounted directory"
-        echo "directly, or make sure that the directory has \`o+x\`"
-        echo "permissions and the files in it at least \`o+r\`."
-    } >&2
-
+    # Set permissions for consumption and export directory
+    for dir in PAPERLESS_CONSUMPTION_DIR PAPERLESS_EXPORT_DIR; do
+      # Extract the name of the current directory from $dir for the error message
+      cur_dir_name=$(echo "$dir" | awk -F'_' '{ print tolower($2); }')
+      chgrp paperless "${!dir}" || {
+          echo "Changing group of ${cur_dir_name} directory:"
+          echo "  ${!dir}"
+          echo "failed."
+          echo ""
+          echo "Either try to set it on your host-mounted directory"
+          echo "directly, or make sure that the directory has \`o+x\`"
+          echo "permissions and the files in it at least \`o+r\`."
+      } >&2
+      chmod g+x "${!dir}" || {
+          echo "Changing group permissions of ${cur_dir_name} directory:"
+          echo "  ${!dir}"
+          echo "failed."
+          echo ""
+          echo "Either try to set it on your host-mounted directory"
+          echo "directly, or make sure that the directory has \`o+x\`"
+          echo "permissions and the files in it at least \`o+r\`."
+      } >&2
+    done
     # Set permissions for application directory
     chown -Rh paperless:paperless /usr/src/paperless
 }